No upside in guessing games
Bringing new people into the team presents a problem of context.
At it’s simplest big-block level of detail, what you and your organisation does is pretty…
Most times, it doesn’t matter whether the deadline is a day or a week or a month or a year. What matters is the deadline.
The point of the deadline though isn’t its date.
It’s something to work towards it and something to report progress against.
So You know how you’re doing, they know how you’re doing andveryone can tee up for next steps.
It’s a general good.
Deadlines help you plan your work – whether you’re the one working on the deadline or the one waiting on its outcome.
They’re about clarity of the goal and commitment to the delivery.
Which means deadlines are really about communication and follow through.
Which means when the deadline slips, it’s even more about communication and even more about commitment to follow through on whatever statements are now being made.
No room, no benefit, no upside in guessing games.
Skippy strategy: When things start to slip, increase communications and increase commitment.
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