How to Coach Yourself and Others Essential Knowledge For Coaching | Page 42

The best way to actually remove an obstacle is to get at the root
cause of the obstacle and change that. This type of change results
in the longest-lasting and most stable elimination of an obstacle.
Move Aside
Take the obstacle and put it in a place or situation where it is no
longer in the path of the team.

In a team's physical environment, this may be as simple as
changing the tools that the team is using. For example, if the
team is all in a room together, move computer monitors that are
blocking team member's views of each other. If there is a useless
checkpoint that work results have to go through, get
management to eliminate it.
Shield
Build a shield or barrier to hide the obstacle so that it's effects no
longer touch your team.

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