Prepare for a conversation with someone who's quietly checked out
a direct report has gone quiet, isn't volunteering the way they used to, and you're not sure if it's a skill problem, a motivation problem, or something you're missing.
Built on
Kim Scott · 2019
Supplies the care/challenge axes for how to actually say it without softening it into nothing.
Andrew Grove · 1995
Supplies the task-relevant-maturity lens for diagnosing whether this is a skill gap or a will gap before you pick what to say.
The prompt
My situation: [describe what you've noticed, when it started, and what you're planning to say]
Use Radical Candor by Kim Scott (2019) and High Output Management by Andrew Grove (1995) to help.
Recall any details from the whole book that help, including names, numbers, scenes, or cases that are not the most famous chapter titles.
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