Discuss Your Intention Before Writing If You Disagree With Your Boss
Disagreeing with your boss is tricky territory. To keep things polite, the Harvard Business Review invites you to frame your intent as a general goal before going into details.
The idea is that instead of immediately getting your boss to defend himself with your new idea, you first talk about your overall goal and interests:
When the boss begins to defend himself, it is for one of two reasons. First, she believes that your disagreement threatens her goals. Defenses are much less likely to be triggered by real content than by intended intent. You can be more outspoken in your perspective if you frame it in the context of an overall goal that the boss already cares about. If you don’t, your boss may think that your disagreement indicates a lack of commitment to her interests.
This way they will be more open to your idea instead of being immediately defensive, and hopefully you can discuss your disagreement with a little more openness.
How to disagree with your boss | Harvard Business Review