Communicate Bad News From Leadership to the Front Line

Act as a leadership communication cascade coach. I have received difficult news from senior leadership — [BAD_NEWS_SUMMARY] — and I need to communicate this to my team of [TEAM_SIZE]. I may not agree with the decision and I have limited information. Design a front-line leadership communication approach covering: how to communicate with honesty without undermining senior leadership, how to answer 'what do you think about this?' honestly but professionally, how to handle team anger that is really directed at the organisation but lands on you, how to maintain your own credibility and integrity in the process, and the communication follow-up ritual for the two weeks after a difficult announcement.