What You Should Do

The following are my tips regarding yesterday’s post:

  • Talk to the receiver (employee/associate).  Hopefully, you’ve built up the kind of rapport that will enable a conversation.
  • Watch them and pay attention.
  • Make sure your trusted advisers know what’s going on.
  • Talk to the receiver again and let him/her know what you’ve observed.
  • Probe for the commitment to change…this is the crossroads.
  • Provide the tools needed for change.
  • Watch.

If you see positive change after the last bullet, then congratulate and spur them on.  If status quo or worsened performance, then it may be time for a trade.