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Leadership prompts

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

• work Respond to a declined budget request without burning goodwill

  Rewrites your reply to a declined budget request in three tones.

• work Raise a team member's performance concern the right way

  Rewrites a performance concern about a team member in three tones.

• work Ask a resistant manager for more flexible working

  Rewrites a flexible-working request for a resistant manager, three tones.

• work Disagree with your manager's decision professionally

  Rewrites your disagreement with a manager's decision in three tones.

• work Address a colleague who took credit for your work

  Rewrites a credit-grab confrontation in three measured tones.

• work Chase a missed deadline without creating conflict

  Rewrites a deadline chaser in three tones that get results, not conflict.

• work Push back on scope creep without sounding difficult

  Rewrites a pushback on extra work in three tones, trade-off intact.

• work Give stinging feedback without burning the bridge

  Rewrites tough feedback to a colleague in three calibrated tones.

• work Passive Aggressive Manager Message Decoder

  Decode a manager's off message and draft two replies

• work Praise with a But Decoder

  Decode what your manager's praise-then-but feedback really means for you

• work 1-1 Agenda Subtext Reader

  Reads the subtext in a manager's 1-1 agenda and preps you for it.

• work Relocation Request Subtext Reader

  Decodes why you were handed an unusual task and how to play it

• work What your manager actually meant by that message

  Decodes an ambiguous manager message and gives a safe reply

• work Vague Feedback Translator

  Turns vague manager feedback into ranked meanings and concrete actions

• work Performance Review Language Decoder

  Decodes the HR-safe language in your performance review

• work Contradictory Instructions Decoder

  Works out which mixed signal from your manager actually matters

• work Tone Shift Message Reader

  Reads a manager's changed tone and tells you what to do about it.

• work Left Off the CC Decoder

  Reads whether being left off an email chain actually matters

• work Should you push back on this or let it go

  Decides whether to push back on a work decision or let it go

• work Sudden Meeting Invite Decoder

  Works out what a surprise manager meeting is probably about

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