I’ll wait until their performance review discussion.
Alarm Bells
Please don’t delay conversations.
This is what your team members want: conversations in the now … not in the future.
Avoiding conversations is a criminal offence in leadership!
Your work is all about conversations.
Their work is guided by your expectations.
Planning or postponing conversations is prolonging the issue.
Please don’t wait until their performance review – whether that be quarterly, half-yearly, or dare I say annually.
Leading a psychologically safe workplace, no matter if you’re in the office, on a site, or from home, requires in-time conversations which people feel comfortable to attend to participate.
Conversation avoidance is about a lack of:
Skills – which enable you to adapt to host any type of conversation requirement.
Emotional intelligence – to have an awareness of why you’re avoiding the conversation.
Focus – to zone out of distractions and zone into the situation and behaviour requiring attention.
Prioritisation – to attend to what matters most first.
Checking in – making it a continuous loop of feedback.
In relationships, it’s important to finish the day with everything needed to be said, said.
My leadership mentor practice revolves around the conversations that you have as a leader.