Coaching practices for How to Correct Behavior at Work
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- I dread correcting someone because it always seems to come out as an attack on who they are, and they get defensive and shut down
- I’ve told my people a hundred times they can disagree with me, but they still don’t
- I could list ten things that went wrong at work today without blinking but I’d struggle to name one that went right
- I keep dropping problems on my boss’s desk and waiting for them to tell me what to do, and I can feel it reads as me not owning my work
- I think my boss is about to make the wrong call and I’m biting my tongue to keep the peace, then quietly stewing about it after
Practices that may help
- One-minute reprimands: immediate, specific, behavior-not-person
Effective correction is fast, focuses on the specific behavior, and ends with reaffirmation of the person’s value.
The One Minute Manager: Three Practices That Still Work - Teach speak-up skills, not just encourage speaking up
Give team members specific language for raising concerns, not just permission to raise them.
Psychological Safety in Teams - Apply three good things to work contexts specifically
Use the exercise to rewire what you notice about your work day — contribution, competence, and collaboration.
Three Good Things: The Evidence-Based Gratitude Practice - Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss
Managing up means proactively understanding your manager’s priorities, communication style, and constraints — then adapting how you work and communicate to make the partnership effective. Done well it is collaborative rather than manipulative: it reduces friction, builds trust, and creates space for greater autonomy. The evidence base is primarily organizational behavior research on leader-member exchange and practitioner consensus. - Bring a proposed solution when you bring a problem
Describe the problem and your recommended path before asking for a decision.
Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss - Disagree with your manager constructively
State your disagreement clearly, give your reasoning, and then commit to the decision — without sacrificing either honesty or loyalty.
Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss - Catch people doing things right
Most management attention goes to problems — systematically noticing good work is both rarer and more powerful.
The One Minute Manager: Three Practices That Still Work - Apply reciprocity in feedback conversations
Offer a genuine concession or acknowledgment of your own role before asking someone to change.
The Rule of Reciprocity, Made Practical - Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain
Criticism puts people on the defensive and rarely produces lasting change.
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Made Practical - Respond non-punitively to mistakes
When someone brings you a problem or mistake, make your first move curiosity, not blame.
Psychological Safety in Teams
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- How To Handle Toxic Colleagues
Actively surface and protect the dissenting or marginal voices the system wants to silence.
Give voice to those with uncomfortable perspectives
- Incoming Colleague Criticizing Manager
Update your manager on important work before they ask — in the format and frequency they actually want.
Send proactive, brief status updates
- Raising Concerns At Work
Give team members specific language for raising concerns, not just permission to raise them.
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