There’s a phrase that gets thrown around in leadership and management that has always intrigued me: ‘people pleaser’. It’s intriguing because it sounds like a compliment. More often than not, it isn’t.
‘They’re a people pleaser’ is often used to refer to someone who is weak, indecisive, conflict-avoidant or just can’t say no. In management these days, it’s almost always an accusation – as though pleasing people and leading people were mutually exclusive concepts.
I’ve had this knocking around in my head for a while now, and I’ve come to a completely . . .
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