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What Good Means

Writing the standard down before you judge anyone, so quality, values and feedback have something concrete to point at.

  • A Don’t Is Half a Rule

    I keep meeting leaders proud of a tight Dos-and-Don’ts list who spend half the session listing violations. The list is not being broken so much as completed, one guess at a time, in the worst possible moments.

  • Write Down What Good Means

    A probation decision with no written criteria was about to become a gut call. The fix was one sheet, and it changed the manager more than the hire.

  • If You Cannot Ask About It, It Is Decoration

    Everyone can recite the values. The review form has never heard of them, and that gap, not your people, is why the words steer nothing.

  • The Annual Review Is Too Late

    Feedback fails as an act of courage and works as a property of the setup: let people see their own work land, weekly, without asking.

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