{
  "title": "Anticipating obstacles with your manager: what should you agree in advance?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/anticiper-un-obstacle-avec-son-manager-plans-si-alors-lugano-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-01-14",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Agreeing on an objective does not always clarify how to respond when an obstacle arises. Research on “if–then” plans helps define this preparation more precisely, without making it a universal solution.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Building an Effective Relationship with Your Manager",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lugano",
    "region": "Tessin",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Thomas L."
    },
    {
      "heading": "How “if–then” plans work",
      "point": "Peter M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "It would be tempting to conclude that a response should be prepared for every possible incident."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot guarantee",
      "point": "The cited studies do not directly evaluate conditional plans agreed between employees and managers in Lugano businesses."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lugano",
      "point": "In a bank, fashion business, trading company or Italian-speaking family SME in Lugano, an employee and their manager can select a recurring obstacle and write a rule in Italian specifying the observable cue, the authorised action and the backup contact."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Sheeran",
      "year": "2006",
      "source": "Psychological Bulletin"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Brandstätter",
      "year": "1997",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    }
  ],
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
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