Heard Wall Street types use hard stops and ‘strategic unavailability’ to protect personal time. As a junior PM scared to push back openly, has anyone adapted these techniques? Need ways to quietly deprioritize low-impact work without damaging stakeholder relationships.
bankers get paid 3x more to be jerks. try that here and you’ll be on PIP road. real move? become the ‘source of truth’ - drown them in jira updates til they stop asking. works 60% of the time, every time.
Every small ‘no’ is a win! Try framing delays as ‘user research needs’ - positivity opens doors!
My lead PM uses a ‘regulatory compliance’ excuse for delaying pet projects. Not sure if legal actually cares, but VPs stop arguing when you mention ‘audit risks.’ Another trick I saw - schedule all low-pri meetings in ‘buffer Wednesdays’ that mysteriously always get cancelled.