How To Say No To Your Boss
| Career : Workplace Issues Tony Blair can't be, in hindsight, credited with too many brilliant judgement calls. However one thing he said that was very true (when he was speaking about leadership) is that it is easy to say 'yes' to everything, but the real art is learning how to say 'no'. And so it is with dealing with your boss at work. Saying No to work and new workloads is something many of us struggle with. But, if you think that adding more work in will damage the quality of your existing work and/or lead to you working unreasonably long hours, then you need to say something. Say 'no'. There is no need to couch or soften the blow for them with terms such as 'maybe tomorrow' or 'not right now' - rather just keep it at the here and now. If you really can't, then 'no' is all the reason you need! Of course, you then state, having said 'no I can't' (and not 'no I'm afraid I can't, I'm so sorry') simply list all the projects you are working on and your timescales finished with 'so clearly I'm working at 100% capacity already, and it's simply not possible to work at more than 100%'. Being assertive but giving the reason for saying no means there is no need for you to apologise and no room for your boss to move to bounce it back at you. In fact they should be pleased and respect your honesty and ability to speak up for yourself.
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