Started listening to the podcast about 6 months ago when I found out I was going to be promoted to a management position. First time manager, 28, all of my directs are older than me.
I started one on one's and for the most part they have gone well. One of my direct's is the highest D (DISC) I have ever encountered. It causes a lot of friction in the organization, but she asked in our last O3 if we could move the meeting to once a month instead of once a week. I told her no because I believed a 30 min meeting (that usually ends up being 15 because she hasn't opened up to me yet), is not a waste of our time.
Was this the right response? Any other advice on getting her to open up too would be welcome.
Thanks.
There's a cast for that
I think you'll find what you're looking for, in the following podcast: https://www.manager-tools.com/2015/05/overcoming-trinity-pushback-chapt…
Hang in there...
....keep doing the O3s on the regular, weekly pace. The situation will change. Also, the O3 is your place to continue coaching your High D direct on behaviors to be more effective when working with other DISC tendencies.
Hang in there
Hang in there. It gets better.
We had the exact same situation here - new hire, high-level perfomer, aggressively professional, objected to weekly O3's. I explained candidly that my relationships with my directs are the single most important aspect of what I do. Relationships are quality and quantity of communication. It's months later and we have a very good working relationship as a direct result of the meetings.