When Your Manager Disagrees With Your Call
There’s a leadership skill nobody teaches you directly: what to do when you genuinely disagree with your manager’s call and the call still has to be made. I’ve been on both sides of this enough times that I have a fairly worked-out view of how to handle it. But I also remember the period before I had a worked-out view — before then, I defaulted to one of two bad instincts depending on the situation: either folding too early to avoid friction, or staying dug in past the point where it was useful. Neither serves the work. ...