The Account Manager
Renewal and Expansion Owner
“My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?”
First, who was counting on that date? Tell them before they find out, today, with the new date and the one reason it moved. A slip you own early keeps trust; a slip they discover costs it. Then treat the team like an account at risk: they bought into a goal, so remind them in their own words what the launch is for and what's already working.
Don't hold a pep rally. Set the new date together, name who owns each remaining piece and by which day, and put the next review on the calendar before the meeting ends.
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