Lechner: Most people know when to make hard calls but avoid them
Ariel Lechner · Most People Know the Hard Call They Need to Make - and Don't · Oct 14, 2025 · at 33:06
Executive coach Ariel Lechner explains the most important behavioral pattern she has observed in leaders across her coaching practice.
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“I think what I have learned is most people in their heart of hearts or in their bones know when they need to make a hard call. But come up with reasons to avoid it.”
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