Coaching the coaches
Developing managers' judgment by coaching their reasoning on real situations in the judgment debrief. The manager's own patterns of avoidance are treated as the development need, and verdicts are withheld when a manager asks for one.
Evidence grade: practice A widely adopted practitioner model with clear provenance.
Use it when
Every one-on-one with a manager who reports to you; building a coaching culture among managers.
Where it stops working
It works only if the leader models it. A manager of managers who gives commands cannot mandate a coaching culture.
Where the standard uses it
- CC-2Coaching versus directingDeveloping judgment in others.
Used alongside it
- Situational leadership practice
- The GROW model practice
- The learning organisation practice
- The rescue reflex practice
Cite this model
Chicago, BibTeX and licence →Engineering Management Academy. (2026). Coaching the coaches. In Engineering Management Academy Body of Knowledge (Version 3.1, TEC.coaching-the-coaches). https://www.engineeringmanagement.academy/body-of-knowledge/techniques/coaching-the-coaches