What could happen if you do nothing a managers handbook for coaching conversations what could happen if you do nothing gives managers clear usable tools to enhance how they listen and engage their people executive coaches will also value the mini dialogues sample questions listening tips and familiar situations to show how to turn business challenges into coaching opportunities. Murphys what could happen if you do nothing is a useful framework for thinking about and acting on the many different potential coaching situations i find myself in both as a manager and a team member this managers handbook for coaching conversations provides extensive illustration of eight coaching behaviors and organizes the discussion to help improve how we listen question and suggest to move coaching conversations forward. Do managers know what a coaching conversation is managers tend to divide employee conversations into two general categories check in conversations are used to discuss tactical issues related to job activities and development planning conversations focus on the long term career direction of the employee check ins are often held on a weekly sometimes even daily basis in . Even if a manager has no experience with coaching theres a simple process to have a coaching conversation that anyone can follow in any coaching scenario once an opportunity for coaching is identified managers can use the five steps of the coaching conversation model tm from the coaching clinic tm to help their employee determine the next steps to take. And then you do nothing why is it that like most managers you do nothing zip zilch nada heres the reason feedback especially developmental feedback is really hard to give so most of us avoid giving it even if we give feedback we deliver it in a sugar coated way and our coachee misses the point altogether or we race through the conversation like were