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Performance management · Structured feedback delivery

A first-time manager asks you to deliver their team member's serious performance message for them. Walk me through how you handle the request.

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I'd decline the handoff, warmly, and explain why: the message only lands from the person who owns the expectations, and outsourcing it to HR teaches the employee their manager isn't the one to hear.…

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