The Subtle Art of Disagreeing with Your Boss
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HBR IdeaCast
So if you really don’t like the people on your soccer team, if you don’t get along with the people in your workplace, you assume that those are the people that are going to fold their arms and disagree with what the committee says or what the group decides is a direction to go. The real question to be asking yourself if you’re thinking about disagreeing with the direction or the ideas that a group is taking that you’re a part of is, “Do I care about the contribution of what this group can accomplish more so than I care about my momentary psychological welfare?” One thing that’s really important about an idea is if you are in the minority in terms of numbers or demographics, there aren’t a lot of people that look like you or think like you in a group, what you want to do is demonstrate…