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“Look Before You Leap” Checklist ...................................................................

Use this checklist to answer these questions before
confronting an employee’s problem behavior.

Integrating the Individual and the Team



Question Answer Likely Your

Employee Response

Response

1. What are the facts
   of the problem?


2. What behaviors
   are at issue?


3. What are the
   consequences if
   things go unchanged?


4. Does the problem
   affect immediate
   objectives?


5. How does the employee
   problem affect the
   long-range team goal?


6. What are the benefits
   of changed behavior?


7. Am I in control and
   ready to discuss
   this situation?


8. How can I support
   this employee and
   the team?