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 <a href='https://essentialcomm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/EC-Growth-Conversation-Map.pdf'>free tool</a> 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: <ol><li>Define ‘what,’ ‘why’ and give homework;</li><li>The person reflects on the homework and how they plan to improve;</li><li>Periodic check-ins about the homework. ‘What are you learning?’</li></ol> The leader’s role in these conversations: <ul><li>Clarify the ‘what’ and ‘why’ </li><li>Listen and encourage</li><li>Ask, ‘What are you learning?’</li></ul> You can <a href='https://essentialcomm.com/newsletter/'>sign-up</a> for more resources and tools in our monthly email.  If you’re thinking about coaching for yourself, or for someone on your team, let’s talk. <a href='mailto:tom@essentialcomm.com?subject=contact%20from%20show%20notes'>tom@essentialcomm.com</a>. This episode is tagged in three categories in our <a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast'>podcast library</a>:<a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=feedback'>Feedback</a><a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=leadership'>Leadership</a><a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=management-skills'>Management Skills</a> RELATED EPISODES<a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/coaching-your-people/'>132  Coaching Your People</a><a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/how-to-coach-your-people/'>212  How to Coach Your People</a><a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/how-to-manage-defensive-people/'>258  How to Manage Defensive People</a><a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/leadership-and-listening/'>83  Leadership and Listening</a><a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/understanding-feedback/'>206  Understanding Feedback</a> Thanks, as always, for your reviews!Happy holidays.  Until next time, thanks so much for listening. From <a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast'>The Look &amp; Sound of Leadership</a> team

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;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. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Download our &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/EC-Growth-Conversation-Map.pdf'&gt;&lt;b&gt;free tool&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; that maps the Three Conversations Development Plan.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Core Concepts &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prioritizing professional development is hard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 3-Conversation model makes development easy for the leader and meaningful for the person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The three conversations in summary: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define ‘what,’ ‘why’ and give homework;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The person reflects on the homework and how they plan to improve;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Periodic check-ins about the homework. ‘What are you learning?’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The leader’s role in these conversations: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clarify the ‘what’ and ‘why’ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Listen and encourage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ask, ‘What are you learning?’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;You can &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/newsletter/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;sign-up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; for more resources and tools in our monthly email. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you’re thinking about coaching for yourself, or for someone on your team, let’s talk. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:tom@essentialcomm.com?subject=contact%20from%20show%20notes'&gt;&lt;b&gt;tom@essentialcomm.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;This episode is tagged in three categories in our &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast'&gt;&lt;b&gt;podcast library&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=feedback'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Feedback&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=leadership'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leadership&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=management-skills'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Management Skills&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;RELATED EPISODES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/coaching-your-people/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;132  Coaching Your People&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/how-to-coach-your-people/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;212  How to Coach Your People&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/how-to-manage-defensive-people/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;258  How to Manage Defensive People&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/leadership-and-listening/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;83  Leadership and Listening&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/understanding-feedback/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;206  Understanding Feedback&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thanks, as always, for your reviews!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Happy holidays. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Until next time, thanks so much for listening.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;From &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Look &amp;amp; Sound of Leadership&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; team &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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,’ ‘w...

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