Management by Paul Engle

ISE magazine's monthly column about management and leadership (October 2019)

Delivering bad news

Consultants regularly face the challenge of delivering bad news to clients, a task that ranks as one of the most difficult. The objective of this exercise includes addressing the issue while maintaining the trust and confidence of the client during and after the message. Our approach includes being direct, timely, empathetic and providing options.


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