Your team is lying to you.

Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader,

Right now, somewhere in your organisation, someone knows something important and isn't saying it.

Maybe it's a customer who's about to leave. Maybe it's a product that isn't ready. Maybe it's a deal that doesn't make sense.

They're staying quiet because your culture made silence feel safer than honesty.

Most leaders never see it coming (until it's too late).

I made a video this week on the six behaviours that separate teams that genuinely perform from teams that just look like they do.

None of them show up on a CV.
None of them come out in a standard interview.
And yet they are the best predictors of world class performance.

Watch it here:

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If you're working through a hiring challenge right now and want to think it through, just reply.

Until next time,
Konstanty

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