June 23: Giving your boss the right amount of context

Tips for proactively communicating with your boss.

Source: Wes Kao
Published: March 2022

Giving your boss the right amount of context

Three tips for communicating information to your boss:

1. Remind them where you left off.
🚫 “Here’s the updated link.”
✅ “Here’s the updated deck. I incorporated your feedback & included a change summary below. I plan on sending it to our clients tomorrow at 10 am PST.”

2. Be specific about what you need.
🚫 “I updated the push notification messages in Google Docs.”
✅ “Please approve the new push notification copy (screenshot below). Once you approve, I’ll publish and go live in the app.”

3. Mention if it’s an FYI.
🚫 [No context]
✅ “FYI. Sharing because you mentioned wanting to see examples of emails to Mandarin-speaking merchants based in the EU.”

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