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Help people grow instead of solving everything for them.
A course on coaching as a manager or mentor. It covers the questions that build judgement, the moments when telling is right, and how to resist the urge to hand over the answer you already have.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to help people on my team grow instead of solving everything for them. Teach me how to ask questions that develop judgement and when to just give the answer.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Leadership
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- Who are you coaching: reports, peers, mentees, or someone outside work?
- Is your habit to give the answer, or to ask questions that go nowhere?
- Is there someone you want to develop right now?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
Your questions feel like a quiz
They can tell you already know the answer.
You do not have time to coach
Which is why you will never have time.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What coaching is
Building capability rather than transferring answers, and why it feels slower and is not.
The reflex to solve
Where it comes from and how to catch it.
Questions that open
Real questions, asked with curiosity, that lead somewhere.
When telling is right
Safety, time and expertise gaps, and how to tell directly without taking over.
Following through
Checking in on their plan without steering it.
Coaching in the flow of work
Short exchanges rather than scheduled sessions.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Ask questions that develop judgement
Help someone think through a problem so the next one needs you less.
Know when to tell
Recognise the moments when the answer is what they need.
Let them own it
Leave the decision and the credit with the person.
Ideas this course corrects
Coaching means never giving answers
It means giving them deliberately. A coach who never tells is withholding, not developing.
Coaching takes too long
It costs minutes now and saves hours later. Solving everything yourself is the slow path.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on coaching as a manager or mentor. It covers the questions that build judgement, the moments when telling is right, and how to resist the urge to hand over the answer you already have. It sits under Leadership in the Work & ambitions part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to help people on my team grow instead of solving everything for them. Teach me how to ask questions that develop judgement and when to just give the answer.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.