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Steve Crago on Coaching, Mentoring and Facilitating Effective Teamwork

Published: June 8, 2020, 3:10 p.m.

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Steve Crago about how leaders need to be coaches, being a good mentor and facilitating effective meetings\n\nWhy listen to this podcast\n\n\u2022\tThere is an expectation that leaders are able to be effective coaches for their teams today\n\u2022\tThere are tools such as the Leadership Circle Profile that can help you understand your own strengths and weaknesses \n\u2022\tYou don\u2019t necessarily need to work on weaknesses \u2013 often enhancing areas of strength can give better results than focusing on improving areas of weakness \n\u2022\tTo effectively mentor someone in an area you need to have deep knowledge and experience working in that domain \n\u2022\tFacilitation is a skillset that is about helping others achieve their goals in a collaborative session\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2Yk1g5s\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2Yk1g5s