Positive character trait
Forthright
Direct, honest, and clear in expression.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Raises bad news, such as a delay, a mistake or a cost, before anyone has to ask.
- Gets to the point in a hard conversation instead of talking around it.
- States their position plainly, so nobody has to guess where they stand.
Fits when a person states a difficult position plainly and without evasion
Not when the person is simply loud, forceful, or quick to give an opinion
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Told [client or leadership] about [delay, defect or overrun] [weeks] before [deadline], with [options], which allowed [replan or fix] at [cost or no extra cost].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is forthright: when [a project slipped or a figure was wrong], they told us at once, said what had happened, and came with a plan.
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Report card comment [Name] says plainly when they have not understood something, so problems get sorted out early.
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In a story, shown not told She did not wait for the client to find it. Her first email of the morning said the shipment would be a week late, why, and what she could offer.
He was forthright about the delay before anyone had to ask.
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