# Managerial Roles

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## Solution-Oriented Coaching, or the Lost Art of Effective Conversations

DevFeed: [Solution-Oriented Coaching, or the Lost Art of Effective Conversations](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/solution-oriented-coaching-or-the-lost-art-of-effective-conversations-38734.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://codecapsule.com/2023/08/23/solution-oriented-coaching-or-the-lost-art-of-effective-conversations/>)

Author: Emmanuel Goossaert

Published: 2023-08-23T09:24:04Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Code Capsule](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/code-capsule.md>)

Topics: [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>), [help](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/help.md>), [decision-making](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/decision-making.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [coaching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coaching.md>), [decision-making](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decision-making.md>), [effective](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/effective.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [leadership-and-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership-and-management.md>), [leadership-and-management-leadership-management-mentoring-sfbt-solution-focused-solution-focus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership-and-management-leadership-management-mentoring-sfbt-solution-focused-solution-focus.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [managerial-roles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/managerial-roles.md>), [mentoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mentoring.md>), [reports](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reports.md>), [sfbt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sfbt.md>), [solution-focused](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solution-focused.md>), [solution-focused-brief-therapy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solution-focused-brief-therapy.md>), [solution-focused-coaching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solution-focused-coaching.md>), [solution-focused-leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solution-focused-leadership.md>), [solution-oriented](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solution-oriented.md>)

### AI overview

This article explains how Solution-Focused Brief Therapy techniques can be adapted into Solution-Focused Coaching for workplace conversations with direct reports and peers. It draws on the author's three years of personal experience, covering the framework's basics, workplace use, limitations, and further resources.

### Source excerpt

Solution-focused coaching is a way of using therapy techniques in order to lead better conversations with direct reports and peers at work. The post Solution-Oriented Coaching, or the Lost Art of Effective Conversations first appeared on Code Capsule.

## How Managerial Authority Can Undermine Developer Empowerment and Productivity

DevFeed: [How Managerial Authority Can Undermine Developer Empowerment and Productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/imperfect-4-39455.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://imperfect.substack.com/p/imperfect-4>)

Author: Pedro Gil Carvalho

Published: 2022-02-04T08:00:42Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Pedro Gil Carvalho](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pedro-gil-carvalho.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manager.md>), [managerial-roles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/managerial-roles.md>), [motivation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/motivation.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [power](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/power.md>), [problems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/problems.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

### AI overview

This opinion article argues that managers who rely too heavily on authority, including micromanaging approvals and imposing their own ideas, can disempower developers and reduce engagement, performance, and product delivery. It advocates servant leadership through clarity, enablement, and team empowerment.

### Source excerpt

More power, more problems