“I never felt coached by my boss in my entire stay with our company, how about you dude?”
“Hahaha..coaching? Ano ba, wala sa aming coaching kasi halos araw-araw nag uusap kami.”
“Eh kung wala kayong formal coaching, paano mo nalalaman kung tama o mali ginagawa mo?”
“First, my boss would call a Spade, a Spade. Kwentas-Claras sa lahat ng ginagawa ko, lalo na’t bulilyaso ang transaksyon! Doon mo malalaman kung tama o mali ginagawa mo. Kung “coaching”hinahanap mo, hindi siguro ako ang dapat mong tanungin kasi iba and kalakaran sa amin…..ganito na lang, siguro imbis na “coaching”ang binigay sa akin at sa mga kasama ko sa grupo, ang ibinihagi niya ay ang kanyang tiwala para kami ay kumilos ng kusa, mag-kamali, at matuto”.
“Eh sa akin kasi, I don’t have feedback if I am doing good or bad, If I am right or wrong,..or how shallow my work is. It’s all work, no personal touch”
“Kaibigan,…I pity you! The talent and hardwork are all in you. But I know it does not compare to someone who guides you from the heart”.
“In my almost five years of stay, I got a feedback for the first time in my persformance appraisal report —GOOD IN MARKETING! I t also said I was creative, a good coach/mentor, and good in project execution. I had it photo-copied so that I can readt it during my “low-points” ! Kulang na lang i-pa-frame ko noh!”
“Hahahahaha! OMG! For the last ten years, I never, N E V E R, read my performance appraisal because I DID NOT HAVE TO! I already sense my rating in my daily dealings with my boss.”“Low Point” ako these day’s because my mentor, boss, and friend has moved on to better things.”
“Yeah, he was a good man. Give my regards to him. Don’t tell him na lang that I opened up to you”.
“Of course not mare, I will shout it out on my blog! …O, ano naman ang wish list mo kung CEO ka bukas?”
“Eh ano pa, eh di ito : I will demand all Senior executives to do regular coaching to middle managers who are key to implementing the bank’s vision and strategy..”
Reality bites my friend, but we will get through this, for we are the “Second Wave.”
