What's Getting In The Way?

What if your biggest performance problem isn’t a people problem?When an employee isn't performing the way you expect, it's easy to assume the problem is them.They're unmotivated.They don't understand.They're resistant.They just don't care.But what if you're asking the wrong question?In this episode of Lead With Learning, Tess Colucci challenges leaders to pause before jumping to judgment and ask a better question:What's getting in the way?Using her background in education and instructional coaching, Tess explores how leaders can diagnose performance problems before prescribing solutions. Is it a knowledge gap? A skill gap? A broken process? A lack of clarity? The wrong support? Or is accountability actually the issue?Because sometimes the employee needs to change.And sometimes the system needs to change."What's getting in the way?"Sometimes the answer is a skill gap.Sometimes it's the system.Sometimes it's the strategy.Sometimes it's the environment.And sometimes...it's us.No matter what you're leading—a team, a business, or yourself—this podcast will help you get curious, think differently, and turn what we know about how people learn into a better way to lead.More curiosity. Better learning. Stronger teams.Lead with Learning