# Breaking Bad News

<http://boz.com/articles/bad-news.html>

- Host: [boz.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/boz.com/)
- Saved: September 5, 2018 (2018-09-06T04:09:31Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/75802b79152a/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/75802b79152a.json

## What Jamie wrote

This is one of the skills that I tend to find managers, particularly new ones, find really hard. I know I did, and I still do, it’s never easy. However I agree with this article. Own it, be direct, and show respect.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT70: Weekly Thing #70 / Sep 8, 2018](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/70/), Notable Links 📌

## Same host

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- [Mission, Strategy, and Tactics](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/31ca77b41861/) (boz.com, October 4, 2018)
- [Antifragile](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0c7e4f56fa37/) (boz.com, December 12, 2018)
- [Refuse to Rule](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6e6893226f46/) (boz.com, May 2, 2019)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://boz.com/articles/bad-news.html