Mercer trains his team to push back against his own directives
Chris Mercer · Backing Up to an Earlier Solution Changed Everything for Sean · Feb 13, 2024 · at 49:31
Chris Mercer, co-founder and CEO of Measurement Marketing, discusses his leadership philosophy and how he handles intellectual humility with his team.
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“And I have spent years working with my team to make sure that they know I could be wrong. And if they think I am wrong, they need to push back because I might very well, cause I present certain all the time.”
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