The chapter delves into perspectives on leadership decisions, particularly regarding firing employees, with contrasting approaches discussed - one favoring a slower, consensus-seeking method and the other supporting quick actions. Stories and insights are shared, such as the importance of leaders giving negative feedback, removing toxic elements, and the value of slowing down to prevent creating a negative work environment. Lessons on self-awareness, the 'knowing doing gap,' avoiding negative traits of successful leaders, and the benefits of being unnoticeable and occasionally boring are also explored.
Today, Adam Grant and Bob Sutton, two legends of organizational psychology, discuss Bob’s new book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder.”
🎙️ This interview first appeared on Adam’s podcast, “ReThinking.” Follow it now on Apple Podcast or Spotify.
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