As engineering leaders, you have a responsibility to spread compassion, empathy, and kindness in your organizations. Nik Knight shares why building a few coaching principles into your daily interactions can help.
At its best, working in tech is exciting, stimulating, and rewarding. The pace of change seems to be accelerating, with new tools and technologies appearing all the time. Yet many of us still find our working lives peppered with frustrating communication breakdowns, inter-team conflicts, and mismatched expectations.
Practicing compassion, empathy, and kindness in our organizations can significantly ease these problems. As engineering leaders, a great way to do this is by drawing on the wisdom of coaching and incorporating a few key coaching skills into our daily interactions.
