Unflinch

Unflinch is practice for the hard conversations new managers actually have: the missed deadline, the feedback they won't hear, the "cover for me", the boss who adds work without adding people. You type or say it out loud, they answer, in text or in their own voice if you turn the speaker on. The other person has a position, things they know and won't volunteer, and things they will never concede. Say it clearly and they engage. Get vague and they drift. Push too hard and they dig in. They don't cave just because you were polite. When you're done, you get an edit, not a score: • Your tone across the whole conversation: Firm, Too soft, or Too harsh, with the line that shows it. Polite is not the same as clear. • What you did on Clarity, Understanding and Next action — each one Done, Almost, or Focus next time, with the exact line from your conversation that earned it. • Your one line to…