How to Grow Your People
The Look & Sound of Leadership · 2025-12-11 · 23 min
Episode notes
A senior vice-president worries that attention on his people’s development will get overwhelmed in the volume of work. He asks his coach for tools to make the process effective and efficient. Download our free tool that maps the Three Conversations Development Plan. Core Concepts Prioritizing professional development is hard. The 3-Conversation model makes development easy for the leader and meaningful for the person. The three conversations in summary: Define ‘what,’ ‘why’ and give homework; The person reflects on the homework and how they plan to improve; Periodic check-ins about the homework. ‘What are you learning?’ The leader’s role in these conversations: Clarify the ‘what’ and ‘why’ Listen and encourage Ask, ‘What are you learning?’ You can