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The 5 conversations every executive avoids
Executives do not lack frameworks. They lack the willingness to have five specific conversations. The first is with the underperformer who used to be a star. You keep expecting them to come back on their own. They will not. The second is with the high performer drifting toward the door. They want to know if you see them. You have not told them. The third is with the peer whose work is sloppy and you have been quietly cleaning up the spill. You are protecting their image at the expense of yours. The fourth is with the boss whose strategy you do not agree with. You think your silence is professional restraint. They think it is alignment. The fifth is with yourself, about whether the role you have is still the role you want. The discomfort of having any one of these is smaller than the cost of avoiding it another quarter. You do not need another framework. You need thirty minutes on the calendar for one of these this week. Pick one. Schedule it. Have it. Which of the five are you avoiding right now?
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