Handling Pushback on Your Analysis

Summary

Stakeholders will sometimes disagree with your finding — staying curious instead of defensive, and being genuinely open to a flaw in your method, builds far more long-term credibility than digging in.

• 1Practice responding to 'I don't think that's right' with a clarifying question, not a defense.
• 2Prepare to show your methodology clearly so pushback can be resolved with evidence.
• 3Learn to say 'let me double check that' without it feeling like admitting failure.