I struggle sometimes to understand leadership's points or questions. If I interpret it as-is, the answer is too detailed or in-depth for their purpose. If I poke some more, with some back and forth, I may get the question; but when I look around for other more senior eng, they don't seem to have this issue. I was told I need to uplevel my thoughts. Not sure how I go about that, anyone have been through this?
I'm going to be honest - "Uplevel your thoughts" seems like lazy feedback and isn't very useful 😕. I'm not entirely sure what do here, so I'll just share some ideas:
Understanding very senior leadership can be tough as execs need to communicate in a more flowery and politically correct way. It can take time getting used to, especially if English isn't your first language as it is for most software engineers.