A practical one-page planning template managers can use to prepare for the performance conversations they have been putting off.
Most deferred performance conversations are deferred for the same reason: the manager does not have a clear picture of what they want the conversation to accomplish, what they will say in the first two minutes, and what they will do if it goes sideways.
This planner walks a manager through the five preparation questions that make hard conversations hold: What specifically has been observed? What is the standard, and where is the gap? What outcome would make this conversation successful? What support is genuinely on offer? And what happens next if nothing changes?
Use it before the conversation, not during it. The goal is a manager who walks in clear, calm, and fair — not scripted.
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