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Leadership prompts

Feedback, 1:1s, team decisions, the conversation you're avoiding.

• work Manage a Difficult Client Escalation Step by Step

  Handle a client escalation before it becomes a lost relationship or a legal letter.

• work Prepare a Difficult Feedback Conversation for a Direct Report

  Prepare a difficult feedback conversation that lands well enough to actually change something.

• work Write a Difficult Conversation Script Before You Have It

  Script a difficult workplace conversation so you go in prepared for the hard responses.

• work Write a Performance Improvement Plan That Is Actually Fair

  Draft a PIP that gives an employee a real chance to improve and protects the organisation if they do not.

• work Generate a Set of Interview Questions for a Specific Role

  Get a structured interview question set that tests capability rather than rehearsed answers.

• work Build a Stakeholder Communication Plan for Your Project

  Build a stakeholder map and communication plan before the project loses the room.

• work Write a One-Page Project Brief That Gets Sign-Off

  Write a one-page project brief that gives a decision-maker everything they need.

• work Map Stakeholders Before a Major Change Initiative

  Map the stakeholders before the change starts rather than after they become problems.

• work Manage a High Performer Who Is Starting to Disengage

  Catch the disengagement before your best person starts their job search in earnest.

• work Design a Six-Month Onboarding Plan for a New Senior Hire

  Design the onboarding plan that protects your senior hire investment for the first six months.

• work Lead a Team Through a Period of Uncertainty or Restructure

  Lead your team through uncertainty without pretending you know more than you do.

• work Develop a Strategy for a Team or Department Under Pressure

  Write the team strategy that makes real choices rather than listing everything you intend to do.

• learn Prepare for Your First Time Managing Someone

  Learn the things no one tells you before your first week as a manager.

• work Map the Political Landscape Before Your Next Big Meeting

  Map who is on your side before the meeting so you are not working it out in the room.

• work Give Feedback That Does Not Start a Conversation About Your Tone

  Structure your feedback so it lands on the performance, not the relationship.

• learn Learn to Give Feedback That Actually Changes Behaviour

  Give feedback that lands rather than feedback that gets nodded at and forgotten.

• work Build the Case for a Budget Increase With a Sceptical Manager

  Write the budget case that gets a yes by speaking finance rather than function.

• work Translate Project Management Jargon Into What a Client Needs to Hear

  Translate an internal project update into something a client can actually read.

• work Translate a Business Requirement Into a User Story

  Turn a vague business requirement into a user story a developer can actually build to.

• work Reframe a Workplace Conflict as a Systemic Problem

  Stop fighting the person and find out what the system is making both of you do.

• work Critique a Job Advert for Bias and Missed Talent

  Find out if your job advert is turning away the candidates you actually want.

• work Critique a Project Plan for Unrealistic Assumptions

  Find the assumptions in your project plan that are most likely to cause problems.

• work Generate a Stakeholder Update Email for a Project in Trouble

  Write a stakeholder email that is honest about the problem without making it worse.

• work Summarise a Business Strategy Document Into the Three Things That Actually Matter

  Find the three things in a strategy document that actually drive decisions and behaviour.

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