Have you ever been in a situation at work where a leader was making a bad/poor decision and refused all input/recommendations? How did you deal with that?

It’s interesting to watch leaders make bad decisions and not face any repercussions for them. They should. Have you ever successfully talked someone out of a bad move at work?

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I stopped trying after being ignored so many times. If they want to do something that's destined to fail, that's on them.

The last time that happened was trying to convince my CD that I thought our client was moving all their business in house. She kept pushing to do this project for them. I was right. And there were layoffs. Fortunately, I was already job hunting and landed fast.

I switched divisions internally and jumped to the one he advised me against. I knew he was wrong. Now, years later, I’m still using the skills I learned in that new division every day, and he no longer works in the industry.

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