Debugging Your Manager
summary
Explains three concrete tactics: ask for what you want clearly (example script for a promotion and a monthly written checklist), frame the ask as a win‑win (defensive/offensive/collaborative scripts for skipping a meeting to finish a ticket), and debug a no with specific questions like “is there any wiggle room” and “would you help me understand why.” Notes managers are human, often overloaded or undertrained, and shows exact phrases to turn a doubtful “no” into a future “maybe.”
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:28Manager’s perspective
- 3:55Ask clearly for what you want
- 5:40Framing issues as win-win
- 8:05Debugging a no
- 10:53Summary and closing
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