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How to Manage a Boss Who Hates Bad News
Episode 16 tackles the 'shoot the messenger' boss — the manager who reacts so badly to bad news that employees stop sharing it. Lucas and Luna examine NASA's Challenger disaster as a case study in what happens when upward communication gets dangerous, then walk through three specific tactics for delivering bad news to a reactive boss. They cover the 'pre-mortem' technique, how to frame yourself as a problem-solver rather than a problem-bringer, and the one question you can ask in a one-on-one that forces the boss to hear the bad news. No theory. Just a real historical…
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