Energy conversation
Positive-Strength Energy, absence and return to work
What gives and what costs energy, and where someone's strengths lie.
You notice signs of overload sooner in what someone still does than in what they say. A regular conversation about what gives and costs energy makes adjusting course ordinary instead of tense. And it is just as much about strengths as about what is hard.
When to use it
- I want to know how a team member works best
Tip
This conversation is about the work, not about health. Do not ask about a diagnosis or about how someone's health is. If the conversation goes there, occupational health or their GP is the right place. If someone is on sickness absence or a phased return, do not ask what they can or cannot do: the employee can tell you themselves, and occupational health advises.
What you fill in
- Team member's name
- Your name
- Why this conversation?
- What is fixed?
- Questions you share in advance
- Your own question (optional)
- When
- How long
- Where or how
- Room to answer the questions in writing first
- Agreements in writing within a day
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Example result
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