Dave's Library

Companies need candor from their employees, but bosses must take real steps to make clear they’re open to bad news and contrary opinions.

How do you give feedback to a CEO who’s twice your age? I was 25, a new professor called in as a last-ditch, Hail Mary effort to save a dying company. They had already fired three consultants, so why not try me? The CEO had been leading longer than I’d been alive.