Wise advice by David Sandler is to “Diffuse a bomb before it blows.” The strong leader doesn’t wait for an issue to be raised by one of his followers. If the leader knows there’s an issue, s/he brings up the topic before his/her follower.

The less mature leader hesitates to bring up the topic – hoping the issue might just go away without having to be addressed. The mature leader knows better. The book entitled Difficult Conversations has proven itself to be an effective model for that conversation.

Categories: Conflict Management

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