Wednesday LeadershipYou Keep Winning the Argument and Losing the Truth
Every time you win a debate in the room, your team quietly learns to stop bringing you the hard truth.
I always bring my core values to feedback conversations. I specifically bring courage, which means that I don’t choose comfort over being respectful and honest—choosing politeness over respect is not respectful.
If Work Has Felt Like One Long Jump Scare, You’re Not Imagining It
There’s a coined term, VUCA, that defines the constant unpredictability leaders face in the workplace. Leadership coach Beth Hood has spent time studying the complexity of these environments, and from it, derived four specific, neuroscience-backed habits that help leaders shift out of fight-or-flight and into clearer decision-making.
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How Does a Family Business Survive 200 Years?
That question sent Eric Becker down a research rabbit hole after he stumbled on a small business that had outlasted the Civil War, the Great Depression and a pandemic, decades before COVID. Peer into the research now and see how.
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Your Need to Win Arguments Is Killing Innovation
Executive coach Matthew Ferry says winning every argument trains your team to stop bringing you the messy, unfiltered truth, they bring polished updates instead, and polished updates hide the real risks. He gives leaders a simple monthly gut check.
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