Strong Face

Tamara Steward

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You're enforcing a policy you fundamentally disagree with. You're delivering a message that contradicts your values. You're watching your team break under decisions you didn't make and can't change. And through all of it, you have to maintain composure. You have to keep leading. You have to put on a strong face. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you started wondering: Am I the problem? Should I be able to make this work? This podcast won't tell you how to fix everything. But it WILL help you see what's actually broken, what’s within your control, and when to...

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