How NOT to Say No as a Leader

There has been numerous articles written about how to say no. Some of them either <a href="https://hbr.org/2020/09/learn-when-to-say-no" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">offer a framework</a> on how to reject or reframe an initiative. Some of them encourage <a href="https://hbr.org/1999/11/the-strategic-power-of-saying-no" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">business owners to turn down opportunities</a> that don’t fit their value system. Some of them are for relationships where an <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-matters-menninger/202111/the-power-saying-no" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">individual asserts their preferences</a> for better boundaries. But most of them encourage leaders to <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/02/21/the-power-of-saying-no-in-business/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">say no to anything that does not align with their goals</a>. Many of these articles are very well written and very well researched. Unfortunately, very few of them make a distinction between the type of no that means “No, I won’t” and the type that means “No, you can’t”. I have been burned by the lack of this nuance many times… Both on the receiver end and also as the nay-sayer leader. I hope I can help you avoid costly mistakes to your team dynamics and your reputation. <h1>When your leader says “no” a lot</h1> It is quite possible that your leader or your manager has read one too many Harvard Business Review articles about the power of saying no. Their behavior might have changed afterwards. If they loved the idea so much, you might have gotten more ‘decline’s to your meetings and might be getting more rejections to your project proposals. This is the small tragedy of how this tiny two-letter word can bring down the spirit of a whole business unless understood properly. <a href="https://medium.com/@machineError/how-not-to-say-no-as-a-leader-994d39db8a5e">Visit Now</a>