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Leadership prompts

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

• self Explain Your Working Style to a New Team Without Sounding Like a Manual

  Tell a new team how to work with you before they figure it out the hard way.

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

  Write the project brief that gets a decision rather than more questions.

• self Plan Your Own Performance Review Conversation

  Go into the performance review with a plan rather than a vague hope it goes well.

• work Plan a Cross-Functional Project Kickoff That Actually Works

  Design a cross-functional kickoff that produces alignment rather than attendance.

• work Plan a Performance Conversation for Someone Who Is Underperforming

  Go into the performance conversation knowing what you are going to say and what you are trying to achieve.

• work Generate a 90-Day Plan for a New Role

  Start a new role with a plan that builds credibility before it starts making changes.

• work Generate a Job Advert That Attracts the Right Candidates and Deters the Wrong Ones

  Write a job advert that filters rather than just attracts.

• work Write a Project Post-Mortem That Names What Actually Went Wrong

  Write a project post-mortem that is specific enough about what went wrong to actually prevent it happening again.

• work Decide Whether to Have a Difficult Conversation With a Difficult Colleague

  Work out whether a direct conversation with a difficult colleague will make things better or just worse.

• work Compare Two Candidates for a Role Before Making a Hiring Decision

  Compare two candidates rigorously by separating what is evidence from what is pattern-matching.

• work Compare Two Approaches to a Workplace Conflict Before You Choose One

  Compare two approaches to a workplace conflict before committing to one by looking at what each one is actually optimising for.

• work Give Feedback That People Actually Use Rather Than Defend Against

  Learn how to give feedback that someone can actually act on rather than feedback they just wait out.

• work Critique Your Own Management Style Before Someone Else Does

  Examine your own management style honestly before a 360 review tells you what you should have already known.

• work Understand What Stakeholder Management Actually Means in Practice

  Learn what stakeholder management actually involves so you can do it rather than just claim you are doing it.

• work Understand Why Delegation Fails and How to Make It Work

  Understand why delegation fails in practice and the five elements that make a handover actually stick.

• work Write a Performance Review That Is Honest, Specific, and Worth Acting On

  Write a performance review that gives the person a clear, honest read on where they stand and what is expected next.

• work Translate What a Performance Review Is Actually Saying

  Find out what your performance review is actually telling you beneath the HR language.

• work Compare Two Candidates Before a Hiring Decision

  Compare two final candidates systematically before the hiring decision.

• work Look at Your Team's Slow Delivery from the Outside

  Find the structural cause of slow delivery before assuming it is a people problem.

• work Write a Performance Review of Yourself That Is Actually Honest

  Write a self-performance review that is honest enough to be useful.

• work Reframe a Problem That Has Been Described as Someone's Fault

  Move from 'who is to blame' to 'what made this possible' before fixing the wrong thing.

• self Reframe How You Think About Receiving Difficult Feedback

  Process a piece of difficult feedback clearly before deciding what to do with it.

• work Reframe a Conflict With a Manager Before Deciding What to Do

  Read a conflict with your manager more clearly before deciding how to respond.

• work Reframe a Work Conflict Before the Next Conversation

  See a work conflict more clearly before having the conversation again.

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