Running a function.
WHERE IT HELPS
Reports and updates Structuring decisions Preparing for meetings Drafting communications Documenting processes
FOR REPORTS
"Here are my findings. Write a report for [audience] who must decide [what]. Lead with the recommendation."
Every figure supplied by you.
FOR DECISIONS
"What would have to be true for this to be the wrong decision?"
And ask for objections explicitly, or it agrees with whatever you propose.
FOR MEETINGS
Preparation, then summarising into decisions and actions.
WHAT NEVER TO DELEGATE
Decisions about people Assessments of individuals Anything affecting someone's employment
FOR DIFFICULT COMMUNICATIONS
Redundancy, restructuring, bad news.
Draft carefully. Do not use positive framing to soften something serious; it reads as evasive.
WHAT TO REMEMBER
Your team can tell when a message was generated.
For anything that matters to them, write it yourself.
