Mostafa Zaher Leading in Tech · Week 2 worksheets
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Week 2 worksheets

1. The influence map (evidence artifact)

Started in activity 1 (map your influence), finished as this week's take-home. List your current team plus 2 adjacent stakeholders (people outside your team whose work touches yours, like a product manager or a lead on a neighboring team). One row per person. Mark exactly one column per row: voluntarily means they follow you when you have no authority to make them; by role means they comply because of title or process only.

NameTeam or adjacent stakeholderFollows me voluntarilyFollows me by role only

The one broken relationship (one name, the relationship most worth fixing): __________________

Diagnosis of the missing connection (5 lines). What do you not know about their goals? What deposit never happened? Which currency of theirs do you hold and have never offered?

1. _______________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________

Counts as done: the map (Canva frame or photo; a photo of this filled table works) plus the 5-line diagnosis, submitted by Thursday 6:00 PM, before session 3. Reflection without the artifact counts as not done.

2. The SBI feedback draft

From activity 3 (the feedback you have been avoiding), solo. IC lens: technical feedback to a peer or a senior. EM lens: behavioral feedback. Keep the behavior observable: a description, not a verdict, and no guessing at motives.

Situation (when and where, specifically):

_______________________________________________

Behavior (what they did, observable, no interpretation):

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Impact (what it caused, for the work or the people):

_______________________________________________

Which Radical Candor corner were you hiding in while you avoided it? Circle one: ruinous empathy / manipulative insincerity / obnoxious aggression.

When will you deliver it? __________________

3. The conflict translation

From activity 4 (the disagreement you never closed), in pairs. A position is what they ask for. An interest is what they actually need. Positions collide; interests usually leave room for a deal.

In the session (the 8-minute pair slot)

The unresolved technical disagreement (2 lines, name the topic, not the person):

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

What they ask for (position, their words):

_______________________________________________

What they actually need (interest, the risk, goal, or constraint driving it):

_______________________________________________

After the session (5 minutes, optional)

What I ask for (position):

_______________________________________________

What I actually need (interest):

_______________________________________________

Where the interests leave room for a deal (1 line):

_______________________________________________

Disagree and commit line. If the decision lands against my position, I will support it fully by:

_______________________________________________


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