Posted by Tamar on December 26, 2006, at 20:18:26 [reposted on January 1, 2007, at 21:29:47 | original URL]
In reply to Gonna get coached, posted by pegasus on December 26, 2006, at 10:52:51
Oh boy. Good luck.
We had someone come to coach our department about three years ago, and it was the biggest waste of time I can remember. Most of it was done with all 16 of us meeting together, and the coach talked to us as if we were small children. Luckily for me I was still breastfeeding and had to bring my daughter. So whenever it all got too ridiculous for me, I would pull out my (very large) breasts, with absolutely no attempt at modesty, and offer them to my baby, who always proceeded to suck noisily. Burping her was also lots of fun.
I don’t know if something similar would work for you; my employers are trying very hard to be seen as politically correct (although they’re so not) and that means it’s possible to do just about anything while breastfeeding. (Of course, it’s a different story if we want to be paid the same as our male colleagues.)
Interesting that (according to HR person) both your boss and the new person would like you to be more approachable. Do you think they might have a point, or are you quite approachable enough already?
Or does ‘approachable’ mean ‘compliant’?
I hope your coaching session will be completely different from my experience, and I hope it will help to resolve the difficulties you’ve been having.
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