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Fear Is Not Leadership, It’s Failure

Leadership needs to get their act together.

Shouting, pressure, and creating a climate of fear in engineering won’t fix anything: in fact, it only makes things worse. Right now, people are acting out of fear instead of making rational decisions aligned with actual goals.

That’s how you end up with poor outcomes, short-term thinking, and teams that stop taking ownership.

If the goal is better performance, this approach is doing the opposite.


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People fear the fire-breathing dragon who started 18 months ago and who is not above public brawls at the drop of a hat. As they say, it ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.

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Post ID: @gf+1knwb020x

@ex yes! With the arrival of leaders from Cisco!

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Post ID: @f3+1knwb020x

@OP unfortunately that culture starter about 6 years ago.

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