This chapter explores the concept of not needing to win everyone over and advises listeners to assess if team dynamics are affecting their work or just their desire for approval, suggesting letting go can change how teammates perceive them.
What if one of your first assignments at a new job was to fire people? What should you do if the person leading a project you’re on isn’t giving clear direction, demands that you work nights and weekends, bristles at your feedback—and leadership tells you to fall in line? These are two of the five situations that Amy B and Amy G talk through in this episode. They offer advice to the women who wrote in with their questions, with the hope that it will help them and anyone who’s been in a similar situation, or might be one unfortunate day.
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