In some relationships, being demanding is (arguably) required to achieve the highest performance—for a coach with an athlete, for a leader with a team, or for a customer with a supplier. A little …
Will they do better with an adversarial approach?
Some prefer an adversarial approach to doing business. They think they’ll do better if they have more room to maneuver at arms length; more opportunity to a present favorable message if they withhold …
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The making of Gold Medal performance
Watching interviews with Gold Medal winners and other Olympic high performers, it's striking how most of them seem thoroughly pleasant and even ordinary people - very far from the sometime stereotype …
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