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[AI Prompt] What You Actually Think Of The People Around You

You think you're hiding how you really feel about your team members, but the only person it's hidden from is you.

Mar 31, 2026
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Your team already knows what you think of them.
They figured it out a long time ago.

Not from what you said, but from how you said it.
From who you called first when something went wrong.
From the micro-expressions you think nobody catches.

They know. Trust me on that one.

The only person in the room who doesn’t, is you.

At some point in the leadership coaching relationship, I ask each of my clients to describe their teams to me. It’s not because I want to know about the team members.

It’s because the words they choose tell me more about the leader than the people they’re describing.

Some employees may be described as ā€œsharpā€ and ā€œreliableā€ while others may be described as ā€œtryingā€ and ā€œneeds developmentā€. Since I don’t know the employees, I can’t pretend to know how they act, but I can understand how their boss views each of them.

Here’s the thing most leaders don’t realize: what you believe about the people around you becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

It’s a brain shocker the moment you realize that your underperforming employee isn’t failing - you are.

It’s time to learn the truth.

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