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Your Team Isn't Yapping Like It Used To

Research shows people are speaking fewer words out loud each year, and that silence is quietly weakening trust and results at work.

Edition №31

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves–and by which they are willing to be judged.

Frederick W. SmithFounder and Executive Chairman of FedEx
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