Am I in trouble?

Colleagues,

MVP: When something goes wrong, making sure the person is okay changes the conversation.

Are you okay?

Imagine knowing you have messed up, that you are “in trouble” and are about to get called out by your boss.

You sit down, and the words out of the boss’ mouth are….

“Are you okay?”

Maybe it goes like this….

“I know you care deeply about your work, but this project is way behind. Before we talk about what to do, I want to make sure – are you okay?”

Sounds like these two people are on the same team.

In today’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast, assistant principal Jamie Brown takes me though a conversation with a student who is in trouble, in a way that disrupts the antagonistic relationship. You can listen here.

Cheers!

Frederick