Ditch PIPs

​Everyone hates PIPs. Yet everyone keeps doing them. Until now.

​You know the script. The template. The 90-day clock. The documented exit everyone can already see coming. You dread the meeting. They feel sentenced. And deep down, you both know how it ends.

​Here is the part nobody says out loud: the PIP was never built to fix performance. It was built to paper a file. So it does exactly that. Most PIPs end in separation, not a turnaround. You are not failing at the tool. The tool is failing you.

​There is a better way. It does not take more time. It takes one different first move.

​In 60 minutes, you will walk away with a one-page approach that actually turns performance around, keeps the relationship intact, and still protects you if it does not work out. Not theory to file away. A tool you can use in your very next conversation.

​Here is what you will take with you:

• ​The single question to answer honestly before you do anything

• ​A five-part diagnostic that exposes the real cause of underperformance (four of the five point back at the manager, not the employee, and most leaders never check)

• ​The one move that changes everything: who actually writes the plan

• ​How to part ways with dignity, and far less legal risk, when it truly is not working

​If you carry people, this is for you. New team lead or seasoned executive, the next hard conversation is already on its way.

​So bring it. Bring the exact person you are wrestling with right now, and leave with a plan for Monday.