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6 Ways to Break Bad News to Your Team We asked six leaders: How did you handle sharing the hardest news of your career?

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This story appears in the July 2018 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

Tommy Parker

Being the bearer of bad news is never fun. But there comes a time in everyone's lives, when they've got to step up to the plate. This is especially true in business. When you're in a leadership position at a company, knowing how to deliver bad news is a crucial skill. To help you out, we asked six leaders for their advice on delivering bad news to teams.

Here's what they had to say:

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