It’s hard enough to give candid feedback to a friend or subordinate. Giving it to your boss is one of the most difficult things to do—and can get you booted if you botch it. Why it matters. Very few of us make it through life without running into a moronic, mushy, or mediocre manager. But there are ways to raise concerns directly, safely, and effectively. I botched my first stab at it, quite spectacularly. I was at Roll Call, in the mid-1990s, when a fellow journalist, Ed Henry, was put... Read this story
