Stutman: Top leaders match criticism with equally vivid, detailed praise
Randall Stutman · #96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership · Nov 10, 2020 · at 32:11
Randall Stutman, founder of Admired Leadership, explains how elite leaders deliver constructive criticism effectively.
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“When we study the really best leaders, the best leaders on the planet, the most admired leaders everywhere, they all do the same thing. They all start positive, just like we all do intuitively when we're going to be critical, but their positive is as vivid, As elaborate and as detailed as the negatives are going to be, and they generally match in terms of number.”
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