Coaching practices for There Are People on My Team I've Quietly Written Off I Expect Less They Deliver Less I Trust Less and I Want to Break That Loop by Actually Investing in One of Them First Before They've Earned it Back
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- There are people on my team I’ve quietly written off
- I won’t hand anyone real responsibility until they’ve completely proven themselves first
- I’ve basically written my team off as weak
- With new people I try to fast-forward to being close
- I keep waiting for my manager to notice me and hand me more trust, and it’s not happening
Practices that may help
- Deliberately expand your inner circle
Move team members from low-LMX to high-LMX through intentional relationship investment.
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical - Extend trust deliberately to invite it
Trust others first, in bounded ways, before they have earned every dimension — it is how trust is built.
The Trust Triangle - There are no bad teams, only bad leaders
The same people perform differently under different leadership — so start with the leadership.
Extreme Ownership, Made Practical - Earn the right to deepen the relationship in stages
Trust compounds over time — start with technical credibility and expand into intimacy as it is earned.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Invest in the relationship before you need it
Build relational credit through reliability and initiative, not charm or performance alone.
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical - Build reliability by making smaller, keepable promises
Under-promise consistently, then exceed rather than over-promise and fall short.
The Trust Triangle - Build reliability through small, visible commitments
Reliability is built not by big promises but by flawlessly keeping small, everyday ones.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Audit and reduce your self-orientation
Self-orientation is the denominator: a small increase in it wipes out gains in all three numerator variables.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Give something genuine before you ask for something hard
The trust account needs deposits before you make a withdrawal — invest in the relationship before demanding performance.
Caring Personally: The Foundation of Radical Candor - Manage LMX differentiation fairly as a leader
Acknowledge that you develop different relationships with different people — and ensure the differences are earned, not arbitrary.
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
Related concerns
- Trust Equation Leadership
The Trust Equation (Maister, Green, and Galford) holds that trustworthiness = (credibility + reliability + intimacy) ÷ self-orientation. The model is a practitioner framework rather than a rigorously tested theory, but it usefully names the levers — especially self-orientation, which is the single biggest trust-killer most leaders overlook.
- Reliability Leadership
Reliability is built not by big promises but by flawlessly keeping small, everyday ones.
Build reliability through small, visible commitments
- The Trust Equation On A Budget
The Trust Equation (Maister, Green, and Galford) holds that trustworthiness = (credibility + reliability + intimacy) ÷ self-orientation. The model is a practitioner framework rather than a rigorously tested theory, but it usefully names the levers — especially self-orientation, which is the single biggest trust-killer most leaders overlook.
- Trust Development Leadership
The Trust Equation (Maister, Green, and Galford) holds that trustworthiness = (credibility + reliability + intimacy) ÷ self-orientation. The model is a practitioner framework rather than a rigorously tested theory, but it usefully names the levers — especially self-orientation, which is the single biggest trust-killer most leaders overlook.
- When Leader Member Exchange Initiate Relationship Investment
Build relational credit through reliability and initiative, not charm or performance alone.
Invest in the relationship before you need it
- Building Trust Through Follow Through
Reliability is built not by big promises but by flawlessly keeping small, everyday ones.
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