Coaching practices for I Treat My Whole Team the Same Way and Run the Same Kind of One on One with Everyone and It's Landing Flat I Don't Actually Know What Each Person is Trying to Grow Toward or What They Need From Me Right Now and They Can Tell I Don't

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  • I treat my whole team the same way and run the same kind of one-on-one with everyone, and it’s landing flat
  • Every single one-on-one we only ever talk about this week’s deliverables, and we never once zoom out to where they’re headed
  • I catch myself walking into every one-on-one asking what I need out of this person, and almost never what would actually help them grow
  • I’ve basically written my team off as weak
  • I realize I know exactly what each person on my team is working on this week but almost nothing about where they’re actually trying to get to in their life

Practices that may help

  1. Treat each person as an individual with distinct needs and aspirations
    Know what each team member needs to grow and provide support tailored to them.
    Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
  2. Spend real time on growth, not just tasks
    Regularly leave the weeds and talk about career, skills, and where they’re headed.
    Effective One-on-Ones, Made Practical
  3. Put the growth of others first
    Start from "how do I help this person succeed?" rather than "how do they help me succeed?"
    Servant Leadership, Made Practical
  4. 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
  5. Learn what each person actually wants from their career and life
    Care personally means knowing the goal behind the job — not just what they’re working on, but why.
    Caring Personally: The Foundation of Radical Candor
  6. Build a team whose combined strengths cover all four domains
    Hire and assemble deliberately for domain coverage, not for people who think like you.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  7. Assess readiness task by task, not person by person
    Rate competence and commitment for the specific task in front of them, not the person overall.
    Situational Leadership, Made Practical
  8. 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
  9. Make feedback flow in both directions
    Give timely, specific feedback — and ask for it on your own management.
    Effective One-on-Ones, Made Practical
  10. Use delegation as a development tool
    Assign Q3 tasks to team members who are ready to stretch — and treat the learning curve as the point.
    The Eisenhower Matrix and Delegation

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