Choose a positive no that protects the current deadline while offering a real scope tradeoff.
Thursday, 4:12 p.m. The board deck is due Friday and finance review is still open. The COO asks Maya to add an eight-chart competitor analysis to Friday's board deck. What should Maya say? I want the board deck to be solid. I cannot add eight charts by Friday without dropping something. I can replace the appendix with a two-slide competitor view, or deliver the full analysis Tuesday. Strong: this is a positive no. It starts with the yes, names the constraint, refuses the hidden overload, and offers a scope or deadline tradeoff. Sure, I will try to squeeze it in…
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