Shape the right stretch from a messy opportunity
Turn a messy business need into a targeted stretch assignment with clear rails.
A delayed product launch creates a tempting stretch for Hannah, but the full launch includes budget risk, executive politics, vendor negotiation, and operational detail all at once. Reduce the opportunity to the capability you want to build, then add rails around the rest. The common trap is to call the entire messy project "a stretch" and hope the learner sorts it out. That makes the assignment hard to coach and harder to judge fairly. Step 1 Choose the capability target. The manager decides the true target is cross-functional trade-off judgment, not total launch ownership. Step 2 Strip away responsibilities that…
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