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“Because they are so good, they're now being elevated into positions where a lot more focus is on business development, which they hate. They just hate the business development aspect. Some people, it's just not their thing, but they're the best at whatever it …”

“There is no, I on high level. You know, this hierarchical patriarchal fallacy. And I know it's a fallacy because I know some of these eyes on high in this world pretty well to know who's really the wizard over here. And what's a massive projection of some talk…”

“And the reason for that is people don't know how candid to be, and the leader is going to set an example. And if the leader picks something that's frivolous or trivial, that tells people not to take it seriously. So it's really important for the leader to come…”

“When you fail to remove a poor leader, You hold the rest of the organization hostage, and boy was she right.”

“It's easy as a leader to think out loud from time to time without noticing that people really listen to you when you think out loud, and oftentimes they'll go off and do things because they think it's what you want when all you were doing is wondering about so…”

“Too many leaders depend too much on telling people and delivering feedback in a more direct way.”

“Most leaders aren't mature enough to do that because they can't stop from them saying and finishing what the observation means.”

“What I tell leaders all the time, Ted, is they need to get out of the feedback business and get in the recommendation and suggestion business. They're going to be able to give a lot more feedback a lot more often with a lot less resistance and defensiveness ju…”

“My belief is most leaders want to be better, but they don't know how. You have to give them the tools, the specific things to do to make them better.”

“We normally don't learn all that much when we interview leaders. Just like a great ball player, they don't know what they do.”