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In my last role, our weekly status reporting was a mess. Eight team leads were each sending different slide formats, and it took me about 4 hours every Monday to merge everything into something our VP could use. The result was inconsistent data and constant follow-up questions. I mapped out what leadership actually needed to see and built a single standardized template in our project tool with auto-pulled metrics (scope, risks, schedule, key decisions). I ran a 30-minute training with the leads and added a Friday noon cutoff with automated reminders. To verify impact, I tracked my own consolidation time and the number of clarification emails from leadership for six weeks. My prep time dropped from 4 hours to about 45 minutes, and clarification emails from the VP’s office fell by roughly 60%. The template ended up being adopted by two adjacent departments as well.
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