352| Your Team Didn’t Disengage. They Withheld. Leadership Myth #4

About this episode

Tami Imlay discusses the misconception of team disengagement and introduces the concept of withholding effort in leadership contexts.

Tami Imlay breaks down why the most common leadership response to team disengagement misses the variable that matters most. Using Gallup research, a real story from client work, and twenty years of pattern recognition, Tami reframes what is actually happening when the room goes flat and the effort stops landing. The word that stays with you after this episode: withheld. Not disengaged. Withheld. There is a difference. And it changes everything about where you look next.

People in this episode

Host: Tami Imlay

Topics covered

• leadership
• team engagement
• communication
• organizational behavior
• myths in leadership

Keywords

• leadership
• disengagement
• withheld
• Gallup research
• team dynamics
• communication
• organizational behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gallup

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