I was promoted to a senior position at a young age and there’s some gaps in my knowledge. One of them is strategically bringing problems/feedback to my management. I was always taught that I should bring a solution to the problem, have a solution focused view etc.
However I was told that actually it’s better to outline the problem and the scale first, then go away to find solutions in a separate time/meeting. Ie there’s a solution “stage” that I might need to incorporate? Is this the case? It just makes me wonder if the problem/fact finding stage might end up sounding negative if no solution offered?