Can you be too nice as a leader? The short answer is yes, especially if “nice” means avoiding uncomfortable truths. In this post, I share a true story from my time in television that reveals what happens when feedback is withheld to avoid conflict. If you want to be a leader your team can trust, you need more than kindness — you need courage.
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When Leadership Gets Awkward (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
By Jason Reid –Vulnerable Leadership, Storytelling and Human Connection Recently, I did something that made me cringe: I sent the wrong video link in a batch of important conference submissions. Yes, the guy who makes a living teaching strategic storytelling and leadership forgot his own setup. (Cue the facepalm.) But instead of pretending I’d done the right […]
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