All of this is so helpful. Thank you for sharing your insights - I’ve been thrown into a management / people leader role and it takes additional skills that I am trying to develop. Thanks again!
Love thinking about this framework in relation to briefing teams as well. If you’re overseeing a project, making sure everyone has the right inputs and is aligned on the objective at the start is key. (And realigning as necessary through the process.)
The times I do “throw it over the wall” come with, “you’ve done something similar before, why don’t you take a crack at this and we’ll review your first draft.” This is only after I’ve worked with someone for a while and have a good sense of their capabilities and is intended to help me understand where there may still be gaps in their knowledge or confidence. When we review their draft, I zero in on the specific areas for improvement.
THIS. I always say, if you’re too busy to write the short project brief or spend 10 minutes thinking through the task on a Loom video (if it’s that long), you’re going to end up spending twice of that (or even 10x that) fixing it later.
I love this! I also think that by taking the time to explain context and how the person doing the task is important to the overall goal, it only increases their confidence and feeling of importance rather than just an executor who's thrown a task to complete.
This framework is SO helpful. I find my mid level team has a hard time getting what they need from their junior team. I’m going to ask they read and start to implement this!
All of this is so helpful. Thank you for sharing your insights - I’ve been thrown into a management / people leader role and it takes additional skills that I am trying to develop. Thanks again!
Love thinking about this framework in relation to briefing teams as well. If you’re overseeing a project, making sure everyone has the right inputs and is aligned on the objective at the start is key. (And realigning as necessary through the process.)
The times I do “throw it over the wall” come with, “you’ve done something similar before, why don’t you take a crack at this and we’ll review your first draft.” This is only after I’ve worked with someone for a while and have a good sense of their capabilities and is intended to help me understand where there may still be gaps in their knowledge or confidence. When we review their draft, I zero in on the specific areas for improvement.
THIS. I always say, if you’re too busy to write the short project brief or spend 10 minutes thinking through the task on a Loom video (if it’s that long), you’re going to end up spending twice of that (or even 10x that) fixing it later.
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I love this! I also think that by taking the time to explain context and how the person doing the task is important to the overall goal, it only increases their confidence and feeling of importance rather than just an executor who's thrown a task to complete.
This framework is SO helpful. I find my mid level team has a hard time getting what they need from their junior team. I’m going to ask they read and start to implement this!