Why Avoidance Destroys Teams (And Drives Your Best People Away)
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The episode discusses how avoidance in leadership erodes trust and impacts team performance.
Send us Fan Mail What happens to a team when leaders avoid hard conversations and choose comfort instead? We pull back the curtain on the quiet choices that shape culture—hesitation, soft exceptions, and the belief that problems fix themselves—and show how those choices erode trust, punish high performers, and reward the behavior that drains momentum. Through candid stories from the trenches, we map the slow slide from standards to suggestions and why the strongest people are often...
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