Certain companies share a mutual ground between employees and management in order to develop new products or services. When a supervisor or boss present an idea that either you or a group of people performing on a project believe is subpar, there should be a productive and positive conversation that communicates your position on the matter to your supervisor. He may still go with his idea, but at least you will have shared your opinion. The best case scenario is that he takes into consideration some of your ideas and incorporates them into his plan; therefore making the project more acceptable. Approach your boss in such a manner seems daunting but there are ways to do it. Here are some useful tips mentioned below:

First of all you should select a proper timing to speak with your boss. Show respect. You should try to find a moment when you can speak to him or her privately as well as a significant amount of time to get your point across. Make sure the time works for both of you. If you have a problem finding some time, you can send a message or email to your boss requesting to meet with him when possible.
You must have a clear reason why you feel the idea is not up to par. In a sensible and well outlined manner, you can explain why the thought is not good for the business. Be visual and layout the positives and negatives of the idea. If possible, use facts such as research studies, product models or customer polls to back-up your view.
However, you should AVOID calling your manager’s idea bad. You should address a facet of the proposal which is not good and use difficult or ineffectual words rather than calling the idea bad.
Try to offer an alternate solution regarding the idea or problem. If you just stop at why you don’t like the thought, your supervisor or boss may simply see you as belligerent. Offer a solution which provides him or her something else to think about. Give options rather than ultimatums.
You must intergrate some of your manager’s original ideas into the solution you present. By doing so you are bridging between the new proposal and bad proposal, keeping your manager and his ideas included in the final decision.
Provide to check back in with the boss at a future date; this takes away the stress of the manager having to disagree or agree with you at the spot. They would have time to think about the idea.
Last but not least you should thank your boss for his or her time. You should respectfully thank him for listening as well as offer answers to any questions he may have about either the ideas he has or the solutions you’ve offered.

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