7 Great Ways To Handle Employee Push Back on Ideas-Solutions-Requests

I am sharing 7 great ways to handle employee push back on ideas, solutions and requests.  It can feel like a massive drag, difficult and even undermining when you get challenge from employees. Team member push back sucks up your energy and time. Turn what could be a hassle into incredibly valuable feedback that can easily double the value you create as a manager. I share the best ways to deal with team member push back – constructive AND undermining --- ---How to deal with team member push back starts with thinking about all the different reasons employees push back. Sometimes they do it for negative reasons. MOST of the time it is because they don’t understand, they have different idea or solution, or they have spotted something wrong.  There are loads of ways to handle team member push back really constructively, so you and they get something from the exchange.  You should never let a team member damage manager authority through publicly undermining you or trying to make you look silly. Towards the end I share 4 vital ways to stop employees undermining manager authority. I think as a manager you WANT challenge from employees and constructive push back. I know helps you do a much better job as a manager. To ensure you get the right kind of push back, I share what you should do to encourage it WHILE in parallel stop employees undermining your authority. The more negative push back you prevent, the less you have to deal with.  I share 7 straight forward steps to handle constructive challenge confidently. These are practical actionable steps that I have been using for decades.  How to manage staff who undermine your authority through push back? That starts with asking them questions about why they are challenging or pushing back. I share 3 other really effective steps that will make any team member think twice before they attempt undermining manager authority. If you have any questions 7 great ways to handle employee push back on ideas, solutions and requests, please email me at [email protected] and I will get back to you.  Jess Colesenhance.training