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Podcast: Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud
Episode: Haste Could Make Waste â Or Worse
Description: In coachingâwhether youâre supporting a teacher, leading a professional learning team, or working with a school leaderâlistening is foundational. And yet, in the name of productivity, efficiency, or simply staying on schedule, we can too easily slip into haste. Listening with haste can be worse than not listening at all. When you respond to people too quickly, theyâre likely to feel frustrated, demeaned, or unimportant. Coaches having a strong sense of what a teacher âneedsâ may rush a conversationâfinishing sentences, jumping to solutions, or interpreting questions as pushbacks. Missing crucial signals and undermine trust.
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