Coaching practices for Team Health Check

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  • My team only ever talks about how we’re working together after something has already blown up
  • I do these life check-ins alone in my head and then quietly let them slide, and I think if I actually said the low scores out loud to someone who’d remember, I couldn’t just keep ignoring them the way I always do.
  • By the time I notice the tension in my chest or my clenched jaw, I’m already in full meltdown
  • We’re drowning in dashboards and reports and I still can’t tell whether we’re actually healthy until the lagging results land too late to fix
  • I’ve tried other people’s checklists and they always track things I don’t actually care about right now

Practices that may help

  1. Use regular team health checks to surface dysfunction early
    Teams that check in on how they’re working together catch dysfunction before it compounds.
    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Made Practical
  2. The Relationship Check-In: A Structured Practice for Staying Connected
    A relationship check-in is a structured, scheduled conversation — usually weekly — where partners deliberately assess how they are doing as a couple: what’s working, what’s building up, and what each person needs. The practice is widely used in couples therapy and coaching, with a strong mechanistic rationale; direct RCT evidence for the structured check-in format specifically is limited.
  3. Use the wheel as a relationship check-in, not just a solo exercise
    Sharing your wheel with a partner, coach, or trusted friend turns a self-assessment into a conversation and a commitment.
    The Wheel of Life, Made Practical
  4. The 3-minute body check-in — a daily-life bridge
    Do a fast, three-minute version of the body scan at natural transition points in the day.
    Body Scan Meditation, Made Practical
  5. Identify and track your critical numbers
    Find the two or three metrics that, if managed well, predict overall health — and make them visible to everyone.
    The Rockefeller Habits: Scaling Up with Rhythm and Focus
  6. Design a personal question list that matches your current growth goals
    Build a short list of active questions that track the behaviors most relevant to your life right now — not a fixed template.
    The Morning Questions
  7. Track resting heart rate as a fitness marker
    Monitor morning resting heart rate over weeks as a simple, free proxy for cardiorespiratory fitness changes.
    VO2 Max and Longevity: The Peter Attia Framework
  8. Begin the day with a brief Self-check
    Each morning, scan which parts are up and reconnect with Self before the day pulls you into reactivity.
    IFS Self Energy, Made Practical
  9. Keep check-ins short — consistency beats comprehensiveness
    A 20-minute check-in every week beats a 3-hour one every quarter.
    The Relationship Check-In: A Structured Practice for Staying Connected
  10. Use heart rate variability to guide training load decisions
    Monitor HRV to get an objective daily signal of recovery status before committing to training intensity.
    Deliberate Recovery: Making Rest a Performance Practice

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