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Don’t Just Coach Your Employees—Teach Them

2025/5/28
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Sydney Finkelstein: 作为一名领导者，我认为至关重要的是要认识到，成功需要优秀的人才。因此，我愿意投入时间和精力，与我的直接下属密切合作，帮助他们提升自身的能力。当然，我并不是说要每天都和他们待在一起，因为如果我有很多直接下属，那是不可能做到的。但是，我会定期与他们沟通，并且让他们感受到我的重视。同时，我也会不断地推动他们，让他们不断挑战自己，达到更高的水平。我认为这是激励员工，帮助他们取得进步的最佳方式之一。 Sydney Finkelstein: 我认为优秀的领导者应该教授下属各个方面的知识，包括职业素养、道德规范、商业运作以及生活经验。例如，我会分享时间管理和目标设定的技巧。我经常会告诉我的学生，我会制定短期、中期和长期目标，并定期更新它们。虽然这听起来很简单，但真正做到的人并不多。当我以领导者的身份分享我的经验时，我的下属会更加重视，并更有可能尝试改变自己的行为。 Sydney Finkelstein: 作为导师型领导者，我能获得很多好处。首先，我的团队成员会变得更加优秀，他们会从我的经验中学习，了解什么有效，什么无效。其次，我拥有更丰富的经验，可以像师傅一样指导他们。最重要的是，当我投入教学时，我与团队成员之间建立了有意义的联系，增进了团队的凝聚力。人们总是会感激那些帮助他们的人，而教学正是帮助他人的最佳方式。

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This chapter explores the concept of teacher-leaders, emphasizing the importance of investing in employees' growth. It highlights the benefits for both the team and the leader, including improved team performance, stronger bonds, and increased appreciation.
  • Leaders who coach, give feedback, and invest in their direct reports' growth have better relationships and stronger performing teams.
  • Teaching is one of the best ways to motivate people and get them to a higher level.
  • When you dedicate yourself to teaching, you create a meaningful bond and improve the skill set of those around you.

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Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, encourages leaders to approach their direct reports like teachers. As Finkelstein explains, being a teacher-leader means continually meeting face to face with employees to communicate lessons about professionalism, points of craft, and life. He says it’s easy to try and that teaching is one of the best ways to motivate people and improve their performance. Finkelstein is the author of “The Best Leaders Are Great Teachers” in the January–February 2018 issue of Harvard Business Review.