Leading When You Don’t Have the Answers Yet (Clarity Deferred)

Something is changing at your company and the leaders above you haven’t shared what it means yet. Maybe a reorg was announced with half the details missing, or maybe you were handed a new mandate with no real parameters. Either way, you’re the one who has to stand in front of your team and keep them moving, while the answers to their questions are sitting somewhere above your pay grade.  In this episode, we’re talking about how to lead through that gap when you’re still working through it yourself. Key takeaways: Why the leaders who handle this best aren’t the ones who had all the answers How to name what you can share (and what you can’t) without leaving your team totally in the dark Why anchoring your team to what you *do* know steadies them more than pretending to know the rest How to stop spinning on the decisions being made above you and act on the ones right in front of you This episode is for you if you’re leading your team through something you can’t see the full picture on yet. This is the exact thing I help leaders work through every day. Reach out at https://bit.ly/strongface-ep11 to learn more. __ Strong Face is for leaders caught between caring for their people and enforcing a system that wasn't built to do so, without losing themselves in the process. Hosted by Tamara Steward, organizational consultant and founder of Spark the Firm, each episode takes one situation you're likely living through at work right now or have seen before, and shows you what's actually broken, and what's yours to fix.