Team conflict

The conflict won’t fix itself.
Plan the conversation that will.

Two leads who stopped talking, a high performer who’s hard on the team, a reorg nobody asked for. The Empath reads what’s underneath, The Operator asks what has to change on Monday, and the words you’ll use come back written.

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Example. You write: “My design lead and engineering lead stopped talking after the launch slipped. Each blames the other, and both are strong. What do I do this week?” She proposes a board of three — The Empath · The Operator · The CEO — on “Two leads stopped talking. What now?”, about 6–10 minutes, about 95 credits. Nothing runs until you tap.

Examples

Two leads, and one harsh reviewer.
Both handled this week.

The ask as a manager would type it, how she read it, who sat, and what came back. Examples written for this page, not recorded runs.

Two leads, one blame

Work · Board of 3

The launch slipped three weeks. My design lead says engineering ignored the specs; my engineering lead says the designs changed mid-sprint. They’ve stopped talking. Both are strong and I can’t lose either.

Chief of staff

People, process and your part in it — a board. I’d seat The Empath, The Operator and The CEO.

The EmpathPeople Advocate
The OperatorCOO
The CEOChief Executive Officer

The board’s call

Meet each of them alone this week, then run one joint review of the slip — about the process, not the people.

Both stories are probably true: the specs changed and nobody owned the change. A rule for who freezes a design, and when, fixes the next launch.

Confidence76 · High

The CEO disagreed

“You’re their manager. A review you only facilitate tells them you won’t make a call — that may be the problem.”

First step Book two one-to-onesFriday

Example · Board of 3 · about 95 credits

The hard feedback

Work · One expert

My best engineer is brilliant and harsh in code reviews. Two juniors asked to switch teams. Write how I start the conversation.

Chief of staff

The Empath writes it — specific, kind, and clear about what has to change.

The EmpathPeople Advocate

The piece · The Empath

“You’re the best reviewer we have, and I want to talk about how your reviews land…”

It names two real comments, says what they cost the team, asks what’s going on for him, and ends with one clear expectation and a date to talk again.

Example · One expert · about 45 credits

What she handles

Before you talk,
know what you’ll say.

What happened on file, the question you need answered first, and the week planned in steps.

Asked first.

When the answer turns on the people, the expert asks before answering. Being asked is never charged.

What happened, on file.

The slip, the retro notes, who asked to move. Each fact keeps where it came from, and a room can run off the record.

The week, planned.

Each room ends in one first step with a date. They wait under Open until they’re done.

Each situation, its own chat.

Keep the leads, the review feedback and the reorg apart. None of them starts from zero.

The experts

The human side,
without taking one.

The Empath asks who has to hear it first, and from whom. The Operator asks what changes on Monday. The CEO asks what the team needs from you. They’re AI — they help you prepare; the conversation is yours.

People Advocate

The Empath

The plan works on paper. Now, who has to hear about it first, and from whom?

The Empath People Advocate

Best on: Layoffs, hard conversations, co-founder tension, team changes.
Won’t let you: Forget the people who have to carry the decision out.

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Questions

Fair questions.
Straight answers.

What people ask before they bring her this kind of call.

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Is what I tell her private?

What you tell her stays on file with where it came from, yours to correct or wipe, and your life stays apart from your work. A room can run off the record, leaving nothing on file. Nothing is shared unless you share it.

Will it tell me who’s right?

It will tell you what the board would do and why, who disagreed, and what would change the call. Usually it’s less about who’s right than what has to change.

Can it write what I say?

Yes — the opening of the conversation, the follow-up note, the team post — as the whole piece, in words you can edit.

What does it cost?

Free to start — 150 credits every month + 250 to start. Talking to her is free within a daily allowance. A consult’s card says about 45 credits and a three-seat board’s says about 95 credits; nothing runs until you tap, and you pay for what the room really used.

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Teams & leads

Walk into the meeting with the call already argued.

Decision

Co-founder conflict

The hardest conversation in a company. Walk into it prepared.