How to 'Say No' to Leaders

There is a saying in the workplace, "Don't tell the leader that you can't do anything, but say that you are trying to find a way." Good exercise." But many times, leaders make unreasonable arrangements, as subordinates, they must give advice, how can they reject the unreasonable arrangements of leaders? Let's discuss together:

First of all, we affirm the leadership's arrangement strategically - we will not care whether the arrangement is reasonable or not, first give the leadership an affirmation, express our attitude, support the leadership, the leadership's decision-making is far-sighted, the leadership is indeed more than We stand tall, see far away, etc. In short, express your attitude first, pay attention, this is not the same as flattering, but affirmation of the leader's original intention, don't be stubborn with the leader on this point.

Secondly, we need to calculate the cost of unreasonable arrangements - think about it from the perspective of the leader, the only legitimate reason for subordinates to say "no" is that the matter itself is not worth it, and it is likely to bring risks to the company. In any case, subordinates are inevitably suspected of being lazy, so there must be detailed data and arguments to show that this matter is indeed too costly and will indeed bring great risks to the company, so as to dispel the doubts of leaders, let's look at an example - —

For example, the leader arranges that the sales target for next year will be double this year's. In fact, everyone has worked hard to achieve this year's target, and it is almost impossible to achieve this year's double target next year, but you can't directly refuse. , If you directly reject it, what will the leader think? what do you want? Are you going to rebel? What we have to do is to follow this task first, and then, you make an account, so reject the leader "Leader, the goal you gave us is a great encouragement to everyone. I calculated it, if we want to complete 2 2 times the sales task, the cost of sales will be 100 times that of the current one, and the burning of money may reach 100 million yuan. If there is some trouble in the market, the company will face huge risks. You can weigh it again. If you think it is OK, we will Dry."

In the end, we completely hand over the decision-making power to the leader, and let the leader make the final decision-even if we calculate the cost well and the reasons for risk prediction are sufficient, we cannot make decisions for the leader, but completely hand over the decision-making power to the leader. What we need to do is to remain objective and neutral, keep calm, report the execution plan and related costs to the leader, and let the leader make the final decision. If the leader finally decides to do whatever it takes, regardless of the cost, we must follow the leader's decision to execute.

According to the above three steps, under normal circumstances, the unreasonable arrangement of the leader can be rejected. Whether it is rejected or not, the final result must be respected and implemented according to the final result.