As a fellow coach, I hope you are not going to say that all coaching/mentoring is the “worst of the worst”. As a coach, I let teams learn on their own and fail when they need to for the learning experience. If I know that they will fail big, I will try to steer them in the right direction so that they don’t get “burned” badly.

As an outsider, I can also help in identifying those impediments that others may not see or are afraid to deal with. With the latter, I may be able to help identify ways to remove the impediment as the neutral party.

However, my goal is to provide feedback and understanding early and often so that they can quickly begin to identify their own improvements and work myself out of the job. With this approach, I believe it can be the “best of the best” implementations so that teams get the support they need early to get started on the right path and accelerate their ability to becoming a self-managed team.