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The Leader as Coach

Nazario Graziano

Once upon a time, most people began successful careers by developing expertise in a technical, functional, or professional domain. Doing your job well meant having the right answers. If you could prove yourself that way, you’d rise up the ladder and eventually move into people management—at which point you had to ensure that your subordinates had those same answers.

A version of this article appeared in the November–December 2019 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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