Coaching practices for Agree Expectations Before Review

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• When I do this alone in my head it’s too easy to let myself off the hook and skate past the uncomfortable parts
• Whenever I review my own day I quietly spin everything to make myself look better, and I know it
• We just shook on something important and the conversation felt totally clear to both of us
• I tend to bite my tongue in the moment and save things up for the formal review, and then I dump weeks of accumulated issues on someone all at once
• I know the weekly review is the thing that keeps me sane, but on any given week it always feels optional and something more urgent eats the time

Practices that may help

1. Share the review with someone who will ask honest questions
   A review held privately is easier to fudge; one shared with an honest questioner is harder to rationalize.
   The Annual Review (Tim Ferriss Method)
2. Ask for clarity and honest perception
   Before reviewing, pause to ask for the capacity to see honestly rather than defensively.
   The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review
3. Document key agreements in writing across the style gap
   For important decisions, put the explicit agreement in writing even when the verbal exchange seemed clear.
   High-Context and Low-Context Communication
4. Give feedback in the moment, not stockpiled for reviews
   Feedback accumulated for a periodic review arrives late and in bulk — neither helps.
   The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
5. Schedule the weekly review as a non-negotiable recurring appointment
   Put the weekly review on the calendar as a fixed, protected block — and treat it as an external meeting.
   The GTD Weekly Review
6. Establish shared purpose before delivering critique
   Frame critique as help toward a shared goal, not an evaluation from above.
   The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
7. End every review with a single resolved next action
   The review is incomplete until you name one specific thing you will do differently tomorrow.
   The Pythagorean Evening Review
8. Calibrate review depth to your current context
   Match the depth of the weekly review to what the week actually calls for — short when the system is current, deeper when life has been chaotic.
   The GTD Weekly Review
9. Do a mind sweep to surface anything the system hasn’t captured
   Before ending the review, spend 5 minutes writing down anything still bothering or nagging in your mind.
   The GTD Weekly Review
10. Debrief to grow capability, not just to grade
    Close the loop with a learning-focused review so the next delegation needs less of you.
    Effective Delegation, Made Practical

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