Many managers no longer want the role because it has become so heavy: this load is easier to carry together.
Many working relationships wear thin in a guessing game: expectations guessed rather than stated, refusals imagined but never voiced. This module shows you how to set the rules together, tell each other what you need, and build an adult-to-adult relationship where both sides win.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Manager-employee relationshipAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- the question that sets up the partnership from the start: “How do you want us to work together?”
- the quiet courage to say “I need help” or “I don’t agree”
- a very simple first step to take this week, in a single conversation
Who it’s for
Managers and team members, when starting a new role or to rebuild a partnership that works for both sides.
Learning objectives
- Understand why the manager–team member partnership rests on shared responsibility, each taking a step toward the other.
- Clarify together who decides what with a four-level role agreement that also covers where AI fits.
- Discover the other person’s explicit and implicit needs through mirrored questions on what, to them, makes a good manager and a good team member.
- Express your needs without waiting for the other to guess, and maintain the partnership with a regular meeting on equal footing.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
