Helping People Improve Without Harm
What is a healthy way to help someone improve a skill at work or anywhere else?
The situation
You want to help someone improve, but are thinking about how your words may be received.
Recommended Response
A. Name one specific behaviour, explain the impact, and agree on a realistic next step.
Context matters. This is a recommendation for the situation described, not a rule for every interaction.
Why is A the recommended response?
Understanding this situation
Helpful improvement is specific, respectful, and practical. It focuses on the skill or behaviour, not on humiliating the person.
Practice. Speak. Improve. — Spekero Playground
