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The Way Others Expect a Leader to Respond

By Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Leadership

Have you learned a valuable principle about your leadership?

The way others expect you to respond often determines the way they respond.

If they expect you to respond in anger…they’ll dance around an issue, afraid to confront…
If they expect you to respond defensively…they’ll only bring you the proven answers…refusing to take risks…
If they expect you to respond with condemnation…they’ll be tempted to only share part of the story…maybe none at all…
If they expect you to respond negatively…they’ll hold back some of their best ideas…afraid you’ll crush them…

However…

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