Work
Leave a better handoff.
Good work continues when another person can pick it up with confidence.
Check what you are passing on.
Look at the work as someone encountering it for the first time. What is ready? What is unfinished? What only makes sense because you were there when a decision was made? A handoff begins with making those differences visible. It does not require a perfect result, but it does require an honest one.
Share the reason, too.
Explain the purpose behind the work and the choice that shaped it. Show one important detail rather than describing every step you took. Leave room for the other person to ask what they need. Their questions often reveal the gap between what you meant to communicate and what the work actually communicates.
Let the next person carry it.
Agree on the next step and who owns it. Make the relevant materials easy to find, then give the other person room to work. Stay available for clarification without continuing to steer every move. The aim is a useful transfer of context, not a dependency that follows the work forever.
Before your next handoff, share three things: what is ready, why it matters, and what happens next.