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Can You Coach Someone Into Being a Problem Solver?
I've never had much patience for the question "Can we?" I want to hear "How do we?" And lately I've got even less patience for it than I used to. People didn't get worse. The excuses ran out.
Can you coach someone into being a problem solver? Is it a skill, or is it just how they're wired? And how long should you keep trying before you admit it isn't going to happen?
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