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On one project, I was leading a launch that required tight coordination between Product, Sales, and Legal. Product wanted to ship a full feature set by Q3, Sales was pushing for an aggressive discount structure to hit a quarterly target, and Legal was blocking both due to compliance concerns around data retention. Instead of debating in email, I pulled everyone into a 60‑minute working session and started with a shared view of the numbers: a projected $1.2M in Q4 revenue if we launched on time, versus the risk profile Legal had outlined. I asked each group to rank their must‑haves and nice‑to‑haves. We agreed to a phased rollout: launch with 60% of the features and a simplified promo, while Legal got four weeks to complete review on the remaining items. That compromise kept us on schedule, captured about 85% of the projected revenue, and passed our internal audit with no issues.
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