in this video I'll explain to you how to describe a disagreement that you had
with your boss so that you can look good I'll break down two examples to answer
this question and the biggest mistakes that cost people the job when they are
talking about disagreeing with a boss so stay tuned first things first the growth
of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement so disagreements are
healthy and necessary in the workplace it's how they are handled that actually
make or break your career so I want to share a quick story I used to work with
a very high-level executive she was a marketing director she was absolutely
great at what she did however if anyone disagreed with her she would flip out at
them she would flip out at her boss who was the CEO and she would make whoever
disagreed with her feel really bad about it because she decided that her way was
the only clear way to do something I watched her go from several different
companies and she couldn't understand why she kept being let go the thing she
wasn't seeing with it even if her idea was the best idea the way that she
disagreed with her boss was making her seem arrogant close-minded and not open
to anything else so there are some ways some easier ways to show your boss that
your idea is worth a shot while not making your boss angry if you've been
asked to take on a project that you don't agree with whether its objective
or scope you want to reframe it to something like this so if your boss says
I need you to take on this project and you don't agree with the best approach
for it to say something like this I don't think we should move ahead with
this strategy but I do have another idea that might work way better to help our
customers and then you want to explain the desired idea and result in a bit
more detail and then you say are you open to another perspective so this
works because instead of simply disagreeing
you propose an alternative this proves that you're invested in the outcome and
you're committing to helping the team to get to that outcome second example so
say your boss wants you to take on something that you just don't have the
time for so you disagree on your ability to do this project in the time that
they've given and so if you generally don't have the time or the bandwidth to
take on another thing this is how you can approach I here how important this
is can we take a look at my current task list together because there's a lot in
motion right now and I want everything to get done I don't want anything to
fall through the cracks so I'll either need to hit the pause button on these
other projects or will need to find someone to help with this one so this
works because the question can we take a look at my tasks together shows that you
are on top of things it also reminds your boss that there are consequences to
shifting your focus so they can't just keep piling things on you and expect you
to just get it all done they do need to sacrifice some things so there you have
it how to respond when you disagree with your boss so if you'd like to watch more
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there's someone outside and they may be looking at me a bit weird okay