Hold the plan

Lens

How Sidekick reads these meetings when you walk this route.

A plan survives when changes are traded, not absorbed. Pushback 4+ means a new request was named as a change, with its cost in scope or date and a decision asked for, in the room. Clarity 4+ means risks and dates said as concrete facts, not reassurance. Closing 4+ means a decision left with a name and a date. Saying "we'll find a way" to a new request is Pushback 1.

Path

Milestones tick themselves as your meetings meet them, in order.

1. 1
   A request traded, not absorbedA Great pushback moment in status meetings, workshops, or negotiationsmoments:great x1 skill:pushback kind:status|workshop|negotiation
2. 2
   Speak in specifics in 3 meetingsScore 4+ out of 5 on Clarity in 3 status meetings, briefings, or workshopsskill:clarity >= 4 x3 kind:status|briefing|workshop
3. 3
   Three decisions closed with a name and a dateScore 4+ out of 5 on Closing in 3 status meetings or workshopsskill:closing >= 4 x3 kind:status|workshop
4. 4
   Five commitments closed on time5 commitments closed on timecommitments:ontime x5
5. 5
   Pushback ProficientPushback level 60 (Proficient)level:pushback >= 60

Focus tracks

Each one becomes a skill with its own level once you walk the route; unrated until then.

Achievements

• Traded, not givenThree new requests that got a cost before a yesmoments:great x3 skill:pushback kind:status|workshop|negotiation
• Plain factsFive rounds where risks and dates were said as plain factsskill:clarity >= 4 x5 kind:status|briefing
• Decided in the roomThree decisions that left with a name and a datemoments:great x3 skill:closing kind:workshop|status
• Held the dateTen commitments closed on timecommitments:ontime x10
• Calm under changeFive rounds where a change request did not rattle youskill:composure >= 4 x5 kind:status|negotiation

Drills

Lines to practice your answer to, before the meeting where someone says them.