We avoid tough conversations, including giving honest, productive feedback. Some leaders attributed this to a lack of courage, others to a lack of skills, and, shockingly, more than half talked about a cultural norm of “nice and polite” that’s leveraged as an excuse to avoid tough conversations. Whatever the reason, there was saturation across the

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When an executive decides not to confront a peer about a potential disagreement, he or she is dooming employees to waste time, money, and emotional energy dealing with unresolvable issues. This causes the best employees to start looking for jobs in less dysfunctional organizations, and it creates an environment of disillusionment, distrust, and... See more

Every day I stayed silent, the situation got worse. The market was wrong. The mission was wrong. We were wrong for each other.

After giving contextual advice to thousands of founders, here is the one thing I wish everyone understood:

The longer you avoid the truth, the worse the price gets.

It does not stay still. It compounds.

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