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Communication & influence · Disagreeing well

A senior portfolio manager wants to add to a losing position you think is a mistake, and you're the junior in the room. How do you push back so you're actually heard rather than overridden?

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I disagree on the analysis, never on the person, and I do it as a question before a verdict: 'Help me see what I'm missing — the reason we own this hasn't come back, and the balance sheet looks worse than at entry.

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