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Escalate a stalled issue over someone's head — or up your own chain — without torching the relationship or sounding like a complaint.
I need to escalate. The issue: {{issue}}. What I've already tried: {{attempts}}. Who I'm escalating to and past whom: {{people}}. What I need to happen: {{outcome}}.
Write the escalation email: subject that signals priority without drama, the situation in 3 factual sentences (dates, commitments, misses — no adjectives), what I've tried (shows this is a last resort, not a first move), the specific decision or action I need with a date, and a line that keeps the bypassed person's dignity intact (they'll read it eventually). Then advise: should the bypassed person be CC'd, told first, or neither — for MY situation?
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