How to share bad news
No news is good news. Or is it? When you have bad news to give, just stick to the facts. That’s all you need to do. Sometimes it’s all you can do. There’s no need to add emotion, there’s no need to pad things, or to offer your condolences. Of course if you can, and if the situation demands it, you should, but you should also know that it’s not 100% necessary. What is necessary, though? The facts. Get that across and everything else is secondary.