Your Team Doesn't Need a Buddy. It Needs a Coach.

I have sat in too many 1:1s where everyone felt better walking out and nothing changed two weeks later. No clear gap named. No behavior contract. No follow-through. That is why I believe most managers fail people in one of two ways. They run 1:1s like status meetings, or they run them like friendship maintenance. Both feel safer than coaching, and neither grows people. I am a huge believer in Radical Candor by Kim Scott. It is one of the foundational books in my leadership toolkit because it nam