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With honesty. I've been on both sides of the equation here - the liked and the disliked - and prudent bosses realize that they are not the end-all-be-all of the relationship. If his job is to manage the relationship - like mine is - then he's going to want the feedback sooner than later.
I had something similar happen around the end of the year to me. Some of the assistants at my largest client thought that I was getting pompous/preachy, so I just took a step back and assigned a couple of my assistants to work directly with those that weren't feeling the love. I managed the work product but from behind the scenes. It wasn't a great feeling, but at the end of the day we succeeded and that's what counts most.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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