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If the team is yours to hold
The Manager's Supportive Habits Guide
Inaction is not neutrality. In the presence of bad behavior, doing nothing is a choice, and teams know it. Perhaps you inherited a team with dysfunction you have yet to pinpoint, or a pattern has surfaced on your watch.
This guide is built on research-grounded principles, weekly checklists, and case scenarios that help you name what you see, hold accountability with dignity, and act before a small pattern becomes a coordinated campaign.
The field guide includes
- Five research-grounded principles for responding to difficult behavior on your team
- A Weekly Climate Checklist to run in five minutes at the end of each week
- A response checklist for when a team member brings you a concern
- An accountability-conversation checklist and word-for-word scripts for what to say, and what not to say
- Case scenarios, including the Invisible Interruption, the Credit Problem, and the Coordinated Campaign, with annotated manager responses
If it is aimed at you
The Target's Field Guide
If you are watching it happen
The Ally's Field Guide