Ray Dalio: Pause heated disagreements to first agree on procedural protocols
Ray Dalio · Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict · Mar 15, 2023 · at 31:03
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, explains his management principle for resolving interpersonal and intellectual conflict effectively.
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“Whenever you're having a disagreement with somebody, or some difficult time with somebody, pause it, And then go above it and agree. How should you be with each other? What are your protocols? What are the rules? And then once you can agree on that, then you can go back down into your disagreement and navigate it in the agreed upon way.”
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