Coached Max to assert authority more forcefully with engineering

Situation

In DM with Max, Peter directed him to stop asking engineering and start telling them, with Peter CC'd for authority backing. Told Max to be willing to express disappointment publicly and to demand engineering show their work rather than just request it.

Reasoning

Max had asked engineering for information (likely the RLC-AI technical questions for the Saudi meeting) and wasn't getting timely responses. Peter saw Max was requesting rather than directing, which is too passive given his Chief of Staff role. Peter is teaching Max to leverage positional authority - 'telling not asking' and 'CC me' means Max should direct the team and use Peter's authority as backup. This develops Max as a leader who can drive accountability without Peter intervening every time. 'Show our work' connects to the broader push for engineering transparency.

Additional Context

This happened in real-time alongside the Saudi meeting urgency - Peter used a live situation as a coaching moment. Max had posted detailed technical questions in #product-rlc-ai but the team hadn't responded promptly. Peter coached Max on assertiveness in DM while separately reinforcing in the public channel by tagging engineers directly.

Observed Evidence

Direct quotes from Peter's DM messages to Max. Only Peter's side visible but directive language is clear and unambiguous.

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