Your team trusted you with the truth. Here's what they need—and how to help.
These aren't complaints. They're solutions, validated by people who do the work.
3 engineers report state management architecture is blocking new features
Engineers report losing productive hours to meetings that could be async
Exit interviews cite lack of career path, technical debt, and speed over quality
From firefighting to strategic impact in 4 weeks
8 people trusted you with honest feedback
Week 1
Found 3 critical patterns across your team
Week 2
Reserved 1 day per sprint for technical debt
Week 3
Team reported higher productivity and morale
Week 4
Your team sees opportunities you don't. Here's what they're noticing.
From support & sales team
"Customers keep asking for API webhooks"
5 support engineers mentioned this • Impacts $300K in enterprise deals
"Mobile app is dealbreaker for logistics clients"
3 sales reps flagged • Lost 2 deals worth $180K
From your engineers
"AI could auto-categorize 80% of support tickets"
2 engineers proposed this • Could save 15hrs/week
"Automate deployment approvals for low-risk changes"
4 engineers mentioned • Could ship 30% faster
From sales & product
"Competitors launched Slack integration, we don't have one"
3 sales reps flagged • Mentioned in 60% of lost deals
"CompetitorX pricing is undercutting us by 40%"
Sales team raised concern • Seeing it in 8 recent deals
From other departments
"Marketing wants to embed product demos in blog posts"
Marketing team suggested • Could boost trial signups 20%
"CS team has ideas for better onboarding flow"
Customer Success flagged • Seeing 40% drop-off in week 1
You committed to "Reserve 1 day per sprint for technical debt" starting March 1st.
Your team is counting on you. We'll check in next week.