I continue to be enamored of the NYTimes business series The Corner Office. These in-depth interviews with senior business leaders about their point of view on leading are fascinating. The interview with John Donahoe of eBay was insightful on several topics, and I agree with his thoughts on leader as coach:

"As a leader, there’s a real temptation to try to change people or help people get to where you want them to go. And I learned, actually through experience, that you can’t change someone. All you can do is help them help themselves. And so I spend a lot less time than I used to trying to make people do something that either they can’t do, or don’t want to do, and spend more time illuminating what needs to get done. And if they make the choice to do it, great. If not, get them into a role where they can do what they’re good at."