# Share Context Provide the **necessary** background information and framing details to help your audience understand your message, decision, or request. > Aim for as much as necessary, as little as possible ## 🎁 Benefits **Communication** Sharing context facilitates smooth and efficient **communication**, reducing the need for excessive back-and-forth clarification and ensuring everyone is on the same page, allowing stakeholders to quickly grasp the situation and make informed **decisions**, increasing the likelihood of gaining **buy-in** from colleagues, managers, and clients. **Relationships** Thoughtful context sharing demonstrates respect for your audience's time and **cognitive load**, fostering trust and improving working relationships. Sharing your thought process and rationale behind decisions provides valuable **learning opportunities** for your team, helping them develop their strategic thinking skills. ## 📝 Tips **1. Understand Your Audience** Consider your audience's existing knowledge, their role, their priorities, and their potential questions or concerns. Tailor your context-sharing accordingly. **2. Explain the Why** Clearly articulate the purpose and goals behind your message, decision, or request. Connect it to the bigger picture and explain how it contributes to broader objectives. **3. Minimum Viable Backstory** Keep your backstory short. Offer enough background information to understand the situation without overwhelming your audience with unnecessary details. Aim for clarity and conciseness. Please read **4. Presenting to Executives** When presenting to executives, prioritise brevity and clarity. Provide a clear agenda upfront, highlight key takeaways, and use data and visuals to support your points concisely. Be prepared to answer their questions and address their concerns confidently. *** ## In Short > Effectively sharing context requires understanding your audience's needs, explaining the purpose, and providing just enough background information --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://jamiewen00.gitbook.io/people-handbook/communication/share-context.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.