If you are conducting a team meeting, then the subject at hand is the team and the tangibles and intangibles associated with that team. If you are changing the

If you are conducting a team meeting, then the subject at hand is the team and the tangibles and intangibles associated with that team. If you are changing the narrative to focus on one individual member of the team, you are off agenda and losing productivity for no good reason. In a positive work environment, the team chemistry should allow for peer review and correction. Only when its clear that a person needs more help should the team manager step in. If you are doing your job right and you are dealing with a professional, the person receiving the critique should already have the situational awareness to know they were having issues. Therefore, nobody benefits by dragging the person out to be humiliated in front of their peers. At best, you'll make some egotist in the group feel superior and everyone else will begin positioning themselves to not be the slowest wildebeest on the savannah next time you get hungry. If you lead through feer and persecution, you set the bar for the barest minimum needed to get by. If you empower your talent, you hand them the keys to the Ferrari and ask them to go as far as their limits will allow.