Coaching practices for The Two Way Door with My Team
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The team went with the call I argued against, and now I can feel myself half-sabotaging it just to be proven right
- Our team has patterns that everyone outside us seems to see clearly while none of us inside it can
- I keep framing this as all-or-nothing
- Every single step felt like no big deal at the time, and somehow I look up and I’m boxed in
- My team is genuinely running well without me now, but I keep inserting myself into decisions they could make
Practices that may help
- Disagree and commit on two-way doors
Voice your disagreement fully, then commit to the group decision and give it a genuine try.
The Two-Way Door - The Two-Way Door
Jeff Bezos's two-way door framework distinguishes reversible decisions (two-way doors — go through and come back if you need to) from irreversible ones (one-way doors — once through, you cannot return). The rule is to move fast on two-way doors and deliberate carefully on one-way doors, rather than applying the same slow process to every decision. - Use the Johari Window in team settings
Apply the window at the team level to improve shared understanding and reduce inter-member blind spots.
The Johari Window - Design decisions to be reversible where possible
Before accepting that a decision is one-way, ask whether you can redesign it to be two-way.
The Two-Way Door - Watch for one-way door creep
Recognize when a series of small reversible decisions has created an irreversible position.
The Two-Way Door - Performing: step back and protect the conditions
A Performing team needs air cover and resources, not direction.
Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development - Share information to unlock value
Reveal interests (not your bottom line) so both sides can find the better deal.
Win-Win Thinking: Expanding the Pie - Coach each other, not just report
Have your partner help problem-solve the obstacle, not only record the miss.
Accountability Partners - Protect important-not-urgent work as a team commitment
Schedule Q2 work on a shared calendar so urgent tasks can’t claim it by default.
The Eisenhower Matrix for Teams - The Johari Window
The Johari Window, developed by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, is a model of self-knowledge and interpersonal disclosure organized into four quadrants: Open (known to self and others), Blind (known to others, not to self), Hidden (known to self, not to others), and Unknown (known to neither). It is used in coaching and organizational development to guide feedback exchange and self-disclosure, expanding the Open area and reducing blind spots.
Related concerns
- Two Way Door Framework
Jeff Bezos's two-way door framework distinguishes reversible decisions (two-way doors — go through and come back if you need to) from irreversible ones (one-way doors — once through, you cannot return). The rule is to move fast on two-way doors and deliberate carefully on one-way doors, rather than applying the same slow process to every decision.
- One Way Door Decisions
Before accepting that a decision is one-way, ask whether you can redesign it to be two-way.
Design decisions to be reversible where possible
- One Way Two Way Door
Jeff Bezos's two-way door framework distinguishes reversible decisions (two-way doors — go through and come back if you need to) from irreversible ones (one-way doors — once through, you cannot return). The rule is to move fast on two-way doors and deliberate carefully on one-way doors, rather than applying the same slow process to every decision.
- The Two Way Door After A Loss
Jeff Bezos's two-way door framework distinguishes reversible decisions (two-way doors — go through and come back if you need to) from irreversible ones (one-way doors — once through, you cannot return). The rule is to move fast on two-way doors and deliberate carefully on one-way doors, rather than applying the same slow process to every decision.
- The Two Way Door After A Setback
Recognize when a series of small reversible decisions has created an irreversible position.
Watch for one-way door creep
- The Two Way Door At Work
Jeff Bezos's two-way door framework distinguishes reversible decisions (two-way doors — go through and come back if you need to) from irreversible ones (one-way doors — once through, you cannot return). The rule is to move fast on two-way doors and deliberate carefully on one-way doors, rather than applying the same slow process to every decision.
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