Whose Needs?

An excellent way of breaking a right-versus-right decision impasse is to step back (always step back) and ask:

“Whose needs are being met?”

Ask yourself.

Ask anyone else involved in the decision.

Ask the person who’s demanding your time and attention.

There’s an underperforming teacher who is facing the axe and who has a family and has been in the job for many years.

Dozens of student conscripts are subjected to the teacher’s poor teaching each day.

Whose needs?

Whose needs were being met when the teacher was employed without a thorough check on why they left their last job?

The hard conversation is still hard - but you honour the person by prioritising the needs.