How Do You Keep Your Boss From Making a Bad Decision?

Sometimes, I make bad decisions. I hate it, but I still do it. Not intentionally, of course. But for any number of reasons, my batting average is far less than perfect. Now, I feel better having stated the obvious; however, this post is about a slightly different view of this issue – how do you keep your boss from making a bad decision?

One of the techniques some Native Americans used to hunt buffalo was to identify the head buffalo, the alpha male (a.k.a. the leader) and run him off a cliff –...