Holding the Line Under High-Stakes Delivery Pressure
You’ve been pulled into a conversation with Riya and your lead. This is a high-pressure ask, and your team is already stretched. You need to speak up — without alienating a senior stakeholder.
Scenario Details
- Goal
- Push back on unrealistic pressure while staying calm, professional, and collaborative
- Your Role
- Engineer
- AI Role
- Product leader pressing for aggressive delivery at risk to team
- Difficulty
- Hard