Coaching practices for Daring Greatly in a New Job
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- There’s a thing I want to say or ask for, but I can’t make myself do it without knowing how they’ll take it first
- It’s not that the whole task is huge
- I have to tell someone something hard about their work and I’m dreading it, because every time I do it lands like an attack and they go defensive
- We’re heading into a project nobody has done before, but my team is treating it like a checklist where any slip is failure
- I do my job competently and stay neatly inside my lane, and I sense that’s exactly why I’m read as just-a-role-filler
Practices that may help
- Daring Greatly, Made Practical
Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly argues that vulnerability — showing up without guarantees — is the birthplace of courage, connection, and creativity, not a weakness to hide. The ideas come from qualitative, grounded-theory research on thousands of interviews rather than controlled trials, so treat them as well-grounded patterns from lived experience rather than experimentally proven effects. - Choose vulnerability on purpose
Show up and let yourself be seen when there is no guarantee of the outcome.
Daring Greatly, Made Practical - Directing — high direction for the eager novice
With someone new and keen but unskilled, give clear, specific instruction and tight structure.
Situational Leadership, Made Practical - Use a five-second micro-start to breach the initiation threshold
Commit only to the first five seconds of an action — not the full task.
Task Initiation: Overcoming the Start Problem - Give and receive feedback with courage
Sit on the same side of the table: feedback as a shared problem, not an attack.
Daring Greatly, Made Practical - Supporting — step back on direction, stay high on support
For the capable-but-cautious performer, lighten the instructions and bolster their confidence.
Situational Leadership, Made Practical - Frame uncertain work as learning
Before starting a challenging project, name it explicitly as an experiment where mistakes generate information.
Psychological Safety in Teams - Expand your role through extra-role behavior
Voluntarily take on work beyond your formal responsibilities to signal readiness for a higher-trust relationship.
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical - Use genius mapping in onboarding
Surface a new hire’s geniuses early so you design their role around energy, not just skills.
The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) - Match the delegation level to the person’s current competence and confidence
Over-delegate to someone who isn’t ready and they fail; under-delegate and they stagnate.
Delegation Levels, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Daring Greatly At Work
Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly argues that vulnerability — showing up without guarantees — is the birthplace of courage, connection, and creativity, not a weakness to hide. The ideas come from qualitative, grounded-theory research on thousands of interviews rather than controlled trials, so treat them as well-grounded patterns from lived experience rather than experimentally proven effects.
- Daring Greatly With Friends
Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly argues that vulnerability — showing up without guarantees — is the birthplace of courage, connection, and creativity, not a weakness to hide. The ideas come from qualitative, grounded-theory research on thousands of interviews rather than controlled trials, so treat them as well-grounded patterns from lived experience rather than experimentally proven effects.
- Daring Greatly With My Team
Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly argues that vulnerability — showing up without guarantees — is the birthplace of courage, connection, and creativity, not a weakness to hide. The ideas come from qualitative, grounded-theory research on thousands of interviews rather than controlled trials, so treat them as well-grounded patterns from lived experience rather than experimentally proven effects.
- Brene Brown Daring Greatly
Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly argues that vulnerability — showing up without guarantees — is the birthplace of courage, connection, and creativity, not a weakness to hide. The ideas come from qualitative, grounded-theory research on thousands of interviews rather than controlled trials, so treat them as well-grounded patterns from lived experience rather than experimentally proven effects.
- Brene Brown Vulnerability
Show up and let yourself be seen when there is no guarantee of the outcome.
Choose vulnerability on purpose
- Daring Greatly For My Teenager
Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly argues that vulnerability — showing up without guarantees — is the birthplace of courage, connection, and creativity, not a weakness to hide. The ideas come from qualitative, grounded-theory research on thousands of interviews rather than controlled trials, so treat them as well-grounded patterns from lived experience rather than experimentally proven effects.
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