How do you handle it when a direct report disagrees with you publicly?

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▸ WHAT IT REVEALS

Authority, psychological safety, professionalism.

▸ GOOD ANSWER LOOKS LIKE

Engages the disagreement respectfully in the moment. Follows up privately.

▸ RED FLAGS

Shuts it down publicly. Or is so open it undermines their own position.

▸ FOLLOW-UP PROBE

What's the difference between healthy dissent and undermining?