Why Should the Boss Listen to You?: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor

10.3. Advice Givers and Advice Takers

As you seek to give effective advice, it is useful to remember Dan Ciampa's point, cited at the beginning of this chapter, that both leaders and advisors must work to make the advising relationship effective. As Ciampa notes, effective leaders know how to solicit and take advice. But sometimes bosses simply don't want to hear the advice they receive, or resent being put in a position where they need to ask for advice. Some advice is just very hard to accept. Recent business scandals really have CEOs on the defensive because they are increasingly being measured on their morality, their belief systems, their commitment to society, and to some degree on the perception of honesty and integrity they convey and ...