AUA: How Do You Tell Leadership The Truth Without Getting Fired?
About this episode
Rodney and Sam discuss how to communicate difficult truths to leadership without jeopardizing your career.
You can see it clearly: the project is FUBAR, the reporting is rosy, and the people with the power to do something about it are several levels above you. But sending a flare up the chain feels risky—especially when your boss's boss's boss is the one you need to reach. So what do you actually do? In this mini episode, Rodney and Sam respond to a listener stuck in that exact spot and offer a few moves that don't involve career-ending emails or anonymous screeds nailed to the CEO's door, and explore whether you can quietly reshape the data story being told upstream in a way that's helpful rather than accusatory. -------------------------------- Ready to change your organization? Let's talk! Get our newsletter: Sign up here. Follow us: LinkedIn Instagram Sound engineering and design by Taylor Marvin of Coupe Studios.
People in this episode
Hosts: Rodney Evans, Sam Spurlin
Topics covered
- leadership
- communication
- organizational culture
- truth-telling
- career advice
Keywords
- leadership
- communication
- project management
- organizational issues
- data storytelling
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