Recognize Across Functions and Power Lines
Give recognition across functions in a way that is specific, respectful, and useful to the work.
Your manager, who moves quickly and dislikes long preambles Priority changes have been happening in side threads after sprint planning. You "Can I share one operating pattern that might help the team move faster?" Permission lowers threat and frames the feedback as useful to the work. Manager "Sure, what are you seeing?" "In the last two planning cycles, priority changes happened in side threads after we had committed. Two people kept working on de-prioritized tasks for about a day." You use context, observation, and impact instead of accusing them of moving goalposts. "I did not realize those changes were getting…
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