Coaching practices for Circle of Competence with My Team
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve been reading and watching everything I can on a new field and I feel like I’m getting good at it
- My team only ever gets the leftover scraps from me, and it shows
- I’m good at my actual job, but lately I keep wading confidently into the next thing over
- My team keeps dropping the ball at the same stage every single project
- Everyone on my team is quietly playing for their own scoreboard
Practices that may help
- Circle of Competence
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s circle of competence is the idea that each person has a domain where their knowledge is genuinely deep, and that the highest-quality decisions come from staying inside that domain — or clearly knowing when you have stepped outside it. The hard part is not identifying the circle but accurately estimating its size. - Expand the circle deliberately, not aspirationally
Grow your circle through deep study and feedback, not by simply believing you are competent.
Circle of Competence - Use delegation as a development tool
Assign Q3 tasks to team members who are ready to stretch — and treat the learning curve as the point.
The Eisenhower Matrix and Delegation - Know and mark the edges of your circle
Label the boundary clearly: 'inside my circle’ vs 'outside my circle’ vs 'I am not sure.'
Circle of Competence - Map your team’s genius coverage
Check whether all six activities are covered by someone who finds them energizing.
The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) - Align around collective results, not individual status
Teams fail when members prioritize their own visibility or department’s success over the shared goal.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Made Practical - Build a team whose combined strengths cover all four domains
Hire and assemble deliberately for domain coverage, not for people who think like you.
Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical - Ask 'What am I missing?' before major decisions
Treat a confident feeling before a high-stakes decision as a cue to check what your competence map is omitting.
Circle of Competence - Create a culture of peer-to-peer accountability
Teams that only hold each other accountable through the manager haven’t built real accountability at all.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Made Practical - The Confidence–Competence Loop
Genuine confidence is not a prerequisite for action — it is a byproduct of repeated, skill-building experience. The confidence–competence loop describes how small, deliberate actions grow skill, which grows evidence of ability, which grows the willingness to act again.
Related concerns
- Building Team Capability
Hire and assemble deliberately for domain coverage, not for people who think like you.
Build a team whose combined strengths cover all four domains
- Circle Of Competence At Work
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s circle of competence is the idea that each person has a domain where their knowledge is genuinely deep, and that the highest-quality decisions come from staying inside that domain — or clearly knowing when you have stepped outside it. The hard part is not identifying the circle but accurately estimating its size.
- Circle Of Competence During A Big Change
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s circle of competence is the idea that each person has a domain where their knowledge is genuinely deep, and that the highest-quality decisions come from staying inside that domain — or clearly knowing when you have stepped outside it. The hard part is not identifying the circle but accurately estimating its size.
- Circle Of Competence In A New Job
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s circle of competence is the idea that each person has a domain where their knowledge is genuinely deep, and that the highest-quality decisions come from staying inside that domain — or clearly knowing when you have stepped outside it. The hard part is not identifying the circle but accurately estimating its size.
- Circle Of Competence On A Budget
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s circle of competence is the idea that each person has a domain where their knowledge is genuinely deep, and that the highest-quality decisions come from staying inside that domain — or clearly knowing when you have stepped outside it. The hard part is not identifying the circle but accurately estimating its size.
- Circle Of Competence When Starting Out
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s circle of competence is the idea that each person has a domain where their knowledge is genuinely deep, and that the highest-quality decisions come from staying inside that domain — or clearly knowing when you have stepped outside it. The hard part is not identifying the circle but accurately estimating its size.
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