Strong, practical framing — especially that the warning signs show up long before performance does. One signal I'd add to your list: when someone's work quietly loses its connection to anything they personally care about. High performers can run on obligation for a long time before it shows, which is exactly why it's so easy to miss. The best managers I've seen catch it by periodically asking not "are you keeping up?" but "does this still feel like it matters to you?" Bookmarking this.
Strong, practical framing — especially that the warning signs show up long before performance does. One signal I'd add to your list: when someone's work quietly loses its connection to anything they personally care about. High performers can run on obligation for a long time before it shows, which is exactly why it's so easy to miss. The best managers I've seen catch it by periodically asking not "are you keeping up?" but "does this still feel like it matters to you?" Bookmarking this.
Love this addition. I'd just ask it earlier: "what do you actually enjoy about this?" - some people never had that connection to begin with.