The Reps

Every issue of One More Rep.
Pick a rep. Run it this week.

Jun 30

What Are You Still Holding?

This week you find out what you're still holding and who could be carrying it instead.

Jun 23

Leading Through Relationship

Three months of deliberate practice. This week you find out what it built and what you're carrying into Q3.

Jun 16

Hold the Standard

You had the conversation. You said the thing clearly. And then it happened again. This week's rep is about what you do next.

Jun 9

When Standards Slide, Reset Them Directly

You have the list of standards that have been sliding. This week you learn how to say something about it. directly, without it turning into a confrontation or a lecture.

Jun 2

Setting Limits: Are You Saying Yes When You Mean No?

Before you can communicate your limits, you have to know what they are. This week you build the inventory.

May 26

Your Feedback Pattern

Three feedback reps. This week you step back and look at what the month actually showed you about how you lead.

May 19

The Feedback Conversation You've Been Avoiding

You know which piece of feedback you haven't stopped thinking about. The one you wrote down and thought...not yet. This week you say it.

May 12

Clear Feedback is Kind Feedback

You know what you want to say. The problem isn't the content. It's what happens when you start.

Common Questions

What is The Reps?

The Reps is the public archive of every One More Rep newsletter issue. Each post contains a complete leadership rep — a specific, countable practice for people managers to run during the week.

What is practice-based leadership development?

Practice-based leadership development is the belief that leadership improves through specific, repeated behavioral practice — not through insight or understanding alone. A leader gets better by doing the same behaviors consistently until they become default, not by reading about them.

How are the reps organized?

The reps follow a progression: quarterly themes, monthly focuses, and four-week arcs within each month. Each arc moves from awareness to foundation to application to integration. The reps build on each other — they're designed to be run in sequence, not picked at random.

Where should I start?

If you're new, start with the pinned methodology post: What Is Practice-Based Leadership Development? Then browse the archive by theme or start from the most recent issue and work backward.

Can I do these reps if I'm a new manager?

Yes. The reps are designed for people managers at any experience level. Newer managers often find the awareness and foundation reps most immediately useful — they build the self-knowledge that makes everything else work.