Preparing For A Tough Conversation With a Team Member

This resource first appeared in issue #118 on 16 Apr 2022 and has tags Becoming A Manager: Conflict/Difficult Discussions, Becoming A Manager: Managing Individuals

Sometimes, after giving lots of feedback, you still need to have The Talk with a team member about them underperforming and it becoming a serious problem. If you find yourself and your team member in that unpleasant situation, this is a pretty good outline of how to have the conversation with the right balance of firmness and compassion.