Three workbenches for the conversation you have been avoiding. Turn the volume dial up and find out that assertive is not on it. Assemble a DESC script from real options and see which ones a person could act on tomorrow morning. Then repair a weak apology one clause at a time.
A group partner has missed two deadlines. You rewrote their section the night before it was due. You are about to say something.
Turn up the volume — louder is supposed to be more assertive, right?
PassivePassive-aggressiveAggressive
Try all three stops on the dial first. Then look for the setting that is missing.
Volume & heat0
Specificity: named behavior + dated ask0
The feedback you were going to give
Two habits that change the odds
You cut a teammate off twice in the morning huddle. Here is the apology most people give: “Sorry if I came off short in the huddle, it was a rough morning.”
Repair it clause by clause — toggle each move and watch the sentence change on the right.