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5 ways high-performing teams stay calm when everything’s on fire

The secret? Rely less on heroics and more on habits

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When markets swing, plans break, inboxes explode, and everyone starts saying the situation is “unprecedented” again, most teams do what humans have always done under pressure: they grip tighter. They add meetings. Escalate more decisions. Demand more updates. Work longer hours. And mistake motion for control.

That response is understandable. It is also exactly........

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