Weatherhead’s Melvin Smith offers advice for coaching employees

How to coach an employee who’s struggling to perform

Harvard Business ReviewMelvin Smith, professor of organizational behavior at Weatherhead School of Management, said that coaching employees can be harder than many people realize. First you must figure out which approach will work well for that specific employee. But, he said, you also need to know how to measure the success of your coaching and when it’s time to move on to other options—like performance management.