Coaching practices for My Intended Position Means a Colleague's Job Disappears Should I Give Him a Heads Up

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• Someone senior just found out about a change after the fact and was hurt they were the last to know
• My boss keeps checking in and hovering over my work, and it makes me feel untrusted
• I hand something off thinking I was clear, and then they wait around for my go-ahead while I assumed they’d just run with it
• Part of me wants to keep my best people in roles that serve me and to pick a successor who won’t outshine me
• I keep dropping problems on my boss’s desk and waiting for them to tell me what to do, and I can feel it reads as me not owning my work

Practices that may help

1. Inform stakeholders before they ask, not after they complain
   I’s are one-way — they receive information; the cost of surprising them is always higher than the cost of telling them.
   The RACI Matrix, Made Practical
2. Send proactive, brief status updates
   Update your manager on important work before they ask — in the format and frequency they actually want.
   Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss
3. Name the delegation level explicitly at the start of every task
   State clearly whether you want a recommendation, a decision with notification, or a decision without notification — before the work begins.
   Delegation Levels, Made Practical
4. Develop successors who will surpass you
   Invest in your successor’s success as a deliberate act of institutional ambition.
   Level 5 Leadership: Humility and Will in Great Leaders
5. Bring a proposed solution when you bring a problem
   Describe the problem and your recommended path before asking for a decision.
   Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss
6. Establish an explicit delegation protocol for Q3 tasks
   Define in advance who receives which types of urgent-but-not-important tasks — before they arrive.
   The Eisenhower Matrix for Teams
7. Disagree with your manager constructively
   State your disagreement clearly, give your reasoning, and then commit to the decision — without sacrificing either honesty or loyalty.
   Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss
8. Signal clearly when you’re done with a request before moving on
   Close collaborative loops explicitly — send a brief "done" signal so the other person’s attention residue also closes.
   Attention Residue: Why Switching Tasks Costs More Than You Think
9. Communicate your schedule mode to collaborators
   Tell your team when you are in maker mode and what that means for response times.
   Maker vs Manager Schedule
10. Adapt to your manager’s communication style
    Match your manager’s preferred level of detail, pace, and channel — not theirs to yours.
    Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss

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