Message

 

Weak Messages , create bad situations

Phrases

• There will be problems , there are two type of people "who raise early" "who raise late" 
• I feel like I walk away from meeting not saying what i want to say something 
• I feel like if i say something i will be singled out 
• Many meeting i come out saying "oh my god he is not ready to listen"
• Do not skirt the issue , no body talking real problems
• Rescope 
• Burnout is not a way to sustain (this team has been burn out) 
• As a team we gel well , if there is a problem we should feel empowered to bring it up  

Phrases

 

Hiring should be drive from Customer P.O.V

Client Retention : 60%	Give new feature
Client Growth : 30%	Launch new product
Op Efficiency : 10%	Improve efficiency of xyz api

 

1. Where people are current 
2. Where we want 
3. Open head count  

3. 
   

• We need to make sure there is no Lack of transparency  
• Its imp to think scale ,  imp to think XYZ  
• Head count allocation strategy. We will need a PE’s full attention on XYZ.  
• I would want us to be strategic about this as well... we need to think revenue as well  ,file imports alone cannot get x million  

• May be we should take this as an opportunity as of how do we talk about cross team dependencies.   

• When i asked leadership what is top 3 for our group , and draw a conclusion around it .. everyone’s top 3 was different , but there were common themese i could draw from it ...  
• I don't think we can keep on waiting for this, because xyz  

• We want to make sure we are constantly challenging ourselves.   
• I want to make sure we are doing XYZ continuously. 
• Us as people leaders need to understand XYZ  
• XYZ (app name) is on critical path to ABC (good customer experience) 
• If there are stuff that we need to move things away (deprecate) , we need to start tracking and make plans for it 
• Orienting aroud the problems we have inherited , as this being one of the most legacy piece in Company 
• I want to paint a picture of where we could take this in terms of Customer experience opportunity , in terms of Revenue opportunities.  
• One thing we all need to come together and re-think xxx.  
• Effort vs Impact Ratio 

IF THROWN UNDER BUS or facing a LIE   

THANKS FOR  

• Bringing that up , it is definitely something we should review in right perspective 

• Your feedback  

BUT  

• I am not sure if I am aligned there , The way I see it xxx  

• My understanding is xxx  

• I am hearing this for first time  

 

IF PEOPLE LYING  

• Actually I happen to revise my notes … and I noticed xxx 

• What I recall from my meeting notes on xxx , is that …. , is there something that has changed 

• Thanks for sharing it , I suggest let’s get on a call and make sure right data points are considered to arrive at the conclusion.