An associate on your deal team has been quietly poor for three weeks — timing off, work slightly careless. His father had surgery last month. Live deal is at a critical stage. What do you do in your next 1:1?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

An associate on your deal team has been quietly poor for three weeks — timing off, work slightly careless. His father had surgery last month. Live deal is at a critical stage. What do you do in your next 1:1?

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