When One-on-Ones Aren’t Working, Everything Gets Harder
A practical session on how to use one-on-ones to build ownership, reduce pressure on yourself, and get more consistent follow-through from your team.
You might be seeing this:
- Your team isn’t following through the way you expect
- You feel like you’re carrying more than you should
- Problems keep coming back instead of getting solved
- Conversations feel productive—but don’t lead to real change
Most of the time, this isn’t about effort.
It’s about how one-on-ones are structured—and what they’re actually building.
The idea behind this approach comes from leadership systems developed by Andy Grove at Intel—designed to create consistent manager impact across teams.
This workshop introduces a practical way to apply those principles inside your own organization.
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This will be the last time this session is offered for free.
The Shift: Accountability → Ownership
Accountability says:
“I’m responsible for making sure you get this done.”
Ownership says:
“You are responsible for the result — and I’m responsible for ensuring you have what you need to succeed.”
This shift:
- Raises high performance standards
- Builds intrinsic motivation
- Redistributes psychological responsibility
- Builds leaders who take responsibility for outcomes — not just tasks
This is the difference between managing tasks and developing leaders.
What This System Changes
You’ll learn how to:
Turn one-on-ones into leadership conversations that drive clarity and results
Shift from accountability to ownership without lowering standards
Help team members solve problems independently instead of escalating everything upward
Shift the agenda to your team so one-on-ones build leadership capability
Strengthen trust and improve execution across teams
You’ll leave with practical ideas you can begin applying immediately.
A Leadership System — Not a Personality Trait
Sustainable leadership does not rely on charisma or pressure. It relies on structure.
Andy Grove built one-on-ones as a system because he wanted to standardize positive manager impact — the same way organizations standardize financial or operational processes.
The goal was consistency: strong leadership performance across teams.
This workshop introduces a simple, common-sense framework that helps leaders create ownership, clarity, and consistent execution — without adding unnecessary complexity.
When manager impact becomes consistent, performance becomes more predictable.
Who this Leadership Workshop is For
- Directors and VPs responsible for improving manager performance across multiple teams
- Leaders facing uneven execution as their organization grows
- Experienced managers preparing to scale their impact beyond a single team
- Organizations ready to implement leadership systems — not personality-dependent fixes
If you’re responsible for developing leaders — or preparing to step into that role — this workshop will give you a practical framework you can evaluate and apply immediately.
Attend live to ask questions and explore how this system could fit your organization.
Can’t make it? Get on the list for future events.
About Your Coach
Lisa D. Foster works with leaders and organizations at inflection points — when growth outpaces management systems, when performance varies too widely across teams, and when strong managers need to develop other leaders.
Her work helps individuals and companies build the structure that allows performance, trust, and accountability to scale — together.
“This is a whole new way to run a one-on-one. After just a month, errors and complaints on my team have dropped, and productivity is going up. Thank you, Lisa!”
–Joan, CFO, Real Estate Company.