Don't lip service coaching and mentoring
"That's a HR thing, right? I'm out here slaying targets! No time to worry about these rank-and-file peons!"
There are a few managers here and there who are good at coaching and mentoring, but by and large I'd say most are not. (Definitely not most I've worked with.) When you say a term like "coaching and mentoring" to an average manager, here's what I think it conjures up for them:
"That's fluffy stuff and I do real work"
"Isn't coaching and mentoring the stuff…
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