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Announce a change of direction and keep the team
Give it the change and why. Get the memo, a rollout plan, the announcement script and listening talks.
Announce a change of direction and keep the team is a free AI workflow for the job "Lead and manage people". It guides your AI through several skills in order, passing each step's output to the next.
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What it does
A change of direction announced badly produces nodding in the room and nothing afterwards. The reason is vague, the people most affected hear it last, the hard questions get a "we'll come back to you", and three months later the old priorities are still running because nobody said what stops. This workflow announces the change in the order that makes it stick. It writes a short memo that names the shift, the reason and what stops, in the manner of Bill Gates's 1995 memo that turned a company toward the internet. It plans the rollout: who hears first, in what setting, how far apart. It writes the leader announcement, the talking points for managers and honest answers to the hard questions. Then it plans the listen-first talks with the people who will push back, so their objections are heard before they harden.
You give it
- The change: what starts, what stops and why
- Who it touches most and who will push back
- The timeline you have
- Your notes or a draft, if you have one (optional)
You get
- A priority-shift memo that names the change, the reason and what stops
- A rollout plan: who hears first, where and when
- The announcement, manager talking points and hard-question answers
- A listen-first talk plan for each person who will push back
Use it when
- You are moving the company's main effort from one thing to another.
- A past change was announced once and quietly ignored.
- A few senior people will dislike the change and you need them on side.
Steps
- Top-priority shift memo writer: Describe a change that breaks your plan. Get a one-page memo that resets the top priority and each person's next step.
- Change rollout planner: Describe a re-org or tool switch. Get a rollout plan, message templates and a plan for pushback.
- Org change announcement writer: Describe the change. Get the leader announcement, manager talking points, town hall script and hard-question answers.
- Listening conversation planner: Describe a hard conversation. Get a plan to listen until they feel heard, then state your side and agree a next step.
How to use it
- Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
- Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
- Paste the change, the reason and who it touches. It writes the memo and the rollout plan.
- Read the announcement and the hard-question answers. Cut anything you would not stand behind.
- Hold the listen-first talks before the all-hands, then announce.