Coaching practices for How to Improve My Attendance at Work

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• I start strong and then it just quietly fizzles when nothing’s pulling on me
• My whole attention as a manager is tuned to what’s broken
• I could list ten things that went wrong at work today without blinking but I’d struggle to name one that went right
• When it’s just a promise to myself I let it slide without a second thought, but the moment I have to say out loud to someone else what I’ll get done and then report back, suddenly I actually follow through.
• Every time someone leans over with a "got a sec?" I just drop everything and deal with it, because saying "not right now" feels rude

Practices that may help

1. Scheduled, recurring check-ins
   Fix a standing time to report progress, not "whenever we get a chance."
   Accountability Partners
2. 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
3. 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
4. Run a weekly accountability session
   Hold a short weekly meeting — just 20 minutes — where each person reports on last week’s commitments and makes new ones.
   The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)
5. Handling external interruptions
   Use the inform–negotiate–schedule–call-back protocol to protect the sprint.
   The Pomodoro Technique, Made Practical
6. Decline meetings that lack a clear outcome and agenda
   Make a standing policy to decline any meeting invitation that doesn’t specify outcomes and an agenda.
   The Not-To-Do List
7. 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
8. Score your weekly execution
   Rate the percentage of planned actions you completed each week, and aim high.
   The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
9. Daily 12-minute ATT practice
   Run the full three-phase ATT session every day as a skill, not a relaxation ritual.
   Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
10. Communicate your theme-day structure to collaborators
    Let colleagues know which days are off-limits for meetings so the structure is sustainable, not secret.
    Theme Days, Made Practical

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