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The hidden ‘tax’ you pay when you lead too fast

Three habits that keep your team moving with you, not around you.

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A few years ago, I coached an executive who was, by every external measure, crushing it. He had pushed his team through a major platform migration in record time, hit every deadline, and was already lining up the next initiative before the first one had fully landed. When I asked how the team felt about the pace, he said, “They’re fine. Nobody’s pushed back.”

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