Conversation starters app

One of the things I am working on is an app that will help supervisors when they go into conversations with their people about their performance (as opposed to career type conversations).  I’ve outlined what I think those conversations are, and I’d love to get your insights about additions or edits needed before I start to develop the conversations themselves.

So here’s the story first, and then the conversation topics:

1. People leave organizations because of their supervisor
2. People want meaningful work and meaningful conversations with their supervisors about that work
3. Yet supervisors are unclear on their role and are not held accountable for developing their people
4. What if we could give the supervisor a set of conversation starters that would help their people to find meaning?

And here are the conversations that I think would help:

• Welcome to your new role
• How will we work together?
• What goals does the business need you to meet?
• Here’s a new piece of work for you
• Holding you accountable to that work
• Here’s some feedback
• Something goes wrong (personally or professionally)
• You’re moving on
• In the moment touch-points and recognition

Or if you like to see things pictorially:

What do you think?  Have I missed any?  Would you edit any of them in any way?

I’d love to get your thoughts as this is for you in the end (whether you are a supervisor or a supervisee).