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For years, I thought good leadership meant having Plans B and C ready. What I didn’t appreciate was how that habit affected my team’s confidence and willingness to bring forward ideas.

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Sometimes everyone understands each other perfectly well and simply doesn’t agree. What happens when the problem isn’t communication, but alignment?

Business owners often say they want employees to make more decisions. But what happens when the outcome is right and the employee gets there differently?