Why Managers Avoid Real Feedback at Performance Review Time—and What to Do Instead
When performance patterns repeat, don’t reseal them in plastic —name them with clarity, curiosity, and care. It’s performance review season. You’ve coached, supported, and planned throughout the year. And yet, here you are again. The same pattern continues to appear....
The Meeting After the Meeting: Where Genies Go to Gossip
How unspoken conflict becomes sideways energy—and what to do instead You know the moment. The meeting after the meeting.The Zoom ends. The chairs squeak. People start to stand.And then… it begins. “Can you believe what he said?”“That’s never going to work, right?”“Did...
The Unspoken Pact: How Conflict Avoidance Quietly Wrecks Team Dynamics
Why your team’s politeness might be doing more harm than good Some team dynamics are obviously broken—loud conflict, side-eye in meetings, and tension that can be cut with a knife. But most teams don’t fall apart because of blowups.They erode from something more...
How to Ditch the Conflict Avoidance Habit That Silently Kills Trust
How to Overcome “Diaper Genie” Syndrome on Your Team Why conflict avoidance is so tempting, and destructive– and what to do instead. In parenting, the Diaper Genie is a marvel of modern engineering. Drop in a messy diaper. Twist. Seal. And voilà—the...
