ALISON BEARD: Welcome to HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard.
Whether you’re a CEO, a midlevel manager or even an intern, I’ll bet that a lot of your workday is about fielding requests. People asking you to weigh in on a decision, join a team, help out on a project, give them a promotion or raise. In today’s show, we’re focusing in on the answers to those questions, knowing when to say yes and how to say no.
For many of us, it can feel hard to say no, particularly coworkers and bosses, particularly to coworkers and bosses,…
