One of the Four Goals of Delivering Bad News Is

question 2

Multiple Choice

One of the four goals of delivering bad news is to ________.

• A) state the news clearly, yet sensitively
• B) protect the audience's self-esteem by only hinting at the news
• C) offend your audience if necessary to get the message across
• D) gloss over the facts that may cause legal complications
• E) budget additional time to re-explain the message

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