Replace these words to coach a direct report better:

• You make me feel with I feel
• But with and
• This is wrong with this can be improved
• This is a problem with this is a challenge
• Whose fault is this? with What can we learn from this?
• Never or you always with it seems like, or I have noticed
• I know what I believe or think.
• That's not my job with let's find the best solution together
• No with, let's consider the alternatives
• This won't work with How can we make this work?

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