Right Wisdom

Saying “no” to another project on your plate takes grace and tact. If your boss comes up to you and asks you to work on a new project or task and you’re already working at capacity., what do you do? Ernie Humphrey wrote a blog article called “ Saying No to Your Boss ”. In the article he gives five approaches an employee can take to say no without coming out and saying no. Be sure to read the article if you have not done so. What I will be doing is taking each of the approaches and dissecting it a bit and also looking at it from the perspective of the boss (leader). The first approach as Mr. Humphrey says is “Level set a request into your current set of priorities”. What this means is to compare that request with the other items on your plate and see how it fits in. If it won’t fit, address this issue with your boss. What happens if your boss says “well you will have to make it work”. Then you might have to move on to the second approach to saying no. From a leadership perspect...

I read an interesting article today that explained how someone could say no to your boss. You might think this is an odd thing to write about in a leadership blog but it serves two purposes. First it will help all of you leaders find the courage and ability to say no so you don’t have to keep taking on more and more duties or projects. It will also help you from a leadership perspective to be able to understand when one of your employees starts to use these techniques on you then you know what to expect. That doesn’t mean that you immediately thwart their efforts. Instead you will be better prepared to listen and offer suggestions. “SayingNo to Your Boss” is the blog article by Ernie Humphrey. Today I am just introducing the article and giving all my readers a chance to read the article. It lists five approaches you can take toward saying no to your boss. I will then unpack those five items and put my own personal spin on how you can use it as a leader and how you use it as a foll...