#Confront March 27

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March 2026 marks the 75th consecutive month that Jeff Neelon, Jaclyn Donovan, and I have completed a 30-Day Coach4aday Challenge. For this milestone month, we’ve chosen to focus on teaching. Each day for 30 days, we will share one lesson, principle, or insight gained from the previous 74 challenges—calling it the 30-Day Coach4aday Teach It Challenge. For each of us we believe that our own personal growth increases when we share it.

On Friday March 27th I will be speaking to a group of 500 finance professionals who will be attending University of North Carolina Conference. One of the lessons I will be sharing with them is connected to when a coach, teacher, supervisor, or parent has to CONFRONT a behavior that is not leading to the desired outcomes or results.

Back in March 2023 I participated in the 30-Day Letter Writing Coach4aday Challenge. One of those letters centered on lessons I learned in from the book “The One Minute Manager“. Part of my leadership growth came in techniques when it was required to confront individuals on the team.

“Teach It” 30 Day Challenge Guidelines

In past challenges, we invited others to join us, though participation has been limited. This month, the three of us will return to January 2020—the very beginning—and move forward to the present, reflecting along the way and sharing a life lesson or insight from any month with one another.

Here is how we will do it.

1. Identify the principle, insight, or lesson from a previous 30-Day Challenge-identify the Challenge also.
2. Teach that lesson to each of us.
3. Share the conversation by posting on social media with the hashtag #Coach4adayChallenge

Day 27-Techniques for Confrontation Conversations

Coaching any team that gets results simply relies on having a common purpose, reinforcing the behaviors that produce results, and correcting or reprimanding those that don’t. Leaders understand that confronting others is not fun, but it required. It is the act of confronting too late or not at all that often prevents teams from achieving championship results.

Remember that 1 Minute Reprimands work best when you do the following:

1. Reprimand immediately after the mistake
2. Be as specific as possible.
3. Add something positive.

It is important that this conversation is confronting the behavior not the person.