After a reorg, you and a peer director both believe you own the same charter — and each of your new VPs agrees with their own report. Planning season starts in two weeks, and both teams are drafting roadmaps for the same territory. How do you resolve it without burning the relationship?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

After a reorg, you and a peer director both believe you own the same charter — and each of your new VPs agrees with their own report. Planning season starts in two weeks, and both teams are drafting roadmaps for the same territory. How do you resolve it without burning the relationship?

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