Are you rejecting people the right way?

This post is part of our Weekly Tips series.

I was leading a workshop last week and we got to talking about how to deliver rejection messages: you weren’t chosen, your recommendation wasn’t accepted, you aren’t getting the special dispensation you asked for. These are difficult messages to both send and receive. How you approach them speaks volumes about you.

A Weekly Tip Hiccup

There’s no tip this week.

I’m tempted to fib and say it’s because the Get Real team is taking a well-planned week off.

The truth is I just didn’t get it written in time for publication today.

When I came back from my extended time off in August, I made a personal commitment to stop routinely working evenings and weekends. It’s been a month and so far I’m sticking to it. I’m also still muddling through how to make it all work. One casualty so far: this week’s tip.

Worry not, this is a temporary thing. You’ll have something substantive in your inbox next Tuesday. I just didn’t want to skip a week without saying anything. (Although I was tempted to do that, too.)

Until next week …