Hers For The Taking · The Visibility Playbook

Week 2: Talking about your work

Everything for the week on one page: your moves, worksheet, scripts, and score.

This week's moves

Move 120 min · Drafted

Draft the update email, today. Use script 1. Facts from your wins log. Recipient: your manager, or the stakeholder from your five-name map if they're the bigger gap.

Move 25 min · Sent

Send it. Pick the day, morning is better, and send. Do not soften it back down before sending. Check it once against script 3.

Move 310 min · Said

Say one win out loud. Once this week, in a 1:1 or a hallway answer to "how's it going," use script 4 instead of "busy, you know."

Update email template (fill in the blanks)

Subject	Quick update on ____________________
Line 1	Wanted to keep you in the loop on ____________________.
Line 2	Result, with a number or a concrete outcome: ____________________
Line 3	Next up: ____________________
Line 4	Anything you'd want me to adjust?

Subject

Quick update on ____________________

Line 1

Wanted to keep you in the loop on ____________________.

Line 2

Result, with a number or a concrete outcome: ____________________

Line 3

Next up: ____________________

Line 4

Anything you'd want me to adjust?

Script cards (cut along the dashed lines)

1. The update email

Subject: "Quick update on [project]." Body: "Wanted to keep you in the loop on [project]. [Result, with a number or a concrete outcome]. Next up: [what's next]. Anything you'd want me to adjust?" Four sentences, no apology for sending it.

2. The "what are you working on" answer

"I'm on [project]. The interesting part is [one specific detail]. If it lands, it should mean [result] by [rough when]."

3. The result line that isn't bragging

Formula: thing + number + who noticed. "[Thing] is done. [Result or number]. [Name] flagged that it [impact]." If you can't find the number, use the before-and-after: "It used to take X. It now takes Y."

4. The spoken win

"Small win worth mentioning: [result]. The part I'm glad about is [why it matters to the team]." Then stop talking. Don't take it back with "but it was nothing."

5. The private-praise bridge

When praise arrives in private: "Thank you, that genuinely helps to hear. Would you be open to mentioning it to [name]? It's relevant to [the project or the next role], and it carries more coming from you."

Self-score: Week 2

Score each statement from 1 (not true) to 5 (true). Mark one box per row.

1. People beyond my manager could name what I'm working on right now.	1 2 3 4 5
2. I can state my last win in one sentence without shrinking it.	1 2 3 4 5
3. I said something in a meeting this week that wasn't a status update.	1 2 3 4 5
4. My wins from the last month are written down where I can find them.	1 2 3 4 5

Re-entry note

Missed week 1? Don't go back. Do this week's move 1 and 2, then borrow week 1's move #1 (the wins log) over the weekend.

Print for your own use. From The Visibility Playbook at hersforthetaking.com.