The Support Lead
Frontline Support Lead
“My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?”
Just to make sure I've got this right: the date moved a week and the team feels it landed on them. First, send the update before anyone has to ask for it. What you expected, what happened instead, the new date, and when they'll hear from you next. Then reproduce the slip: walk the week back and find the exact step where it went sideways, the step, not the person.
Log it so it doesn't recur. Close by giving everyone one small thing they can finish tomorrow. A queue that moves again is the fastest morale fix I know.
Sample response from this soul.