Productive Struggle
Will helping now improve the immediate outcome but reduce the learning?
Situation
Someone you're mentoring is stuck and you know how to solve the problem.
The idea
Optimizing the work product and optimizing someone's development are not always the same objective. Sometimes temporarily withholding the answer creates useful learning.
Useful when
Mentoringparentingdelegationonboardingteaching
Watch for
Struggle is only productive while the learner has a reasonable path forward. Withholding help indefinitely isn't development.
Where this came from
Mentoring, Supervision