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Published Jul 2, 2021

529: Qualms about QAnon Mom and Her Starseed Schtick | Feedback Friday

Jordan Harbinger and Gabriel Mizrahi guide listeners through navigating leadership challenges, complex family dynamics involving fringe beliefs, and relationship struggles, emphasizing practical strategies for balancing professional, familial, and personal growth.
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  • Leadership

    shares a listener's dilemma about leading an engineering team at a rapidly growing startup. The listener struggles with non-confrontation and a CEO who bypasses him to communicate directly with engineers, creating dysfunction 1. advises working on conflict resolution skills and taking advantage of the CEO's offer for support, such as hiring a coach or taking a break 2.

    You can't have both responsibility and non-confrontation. It just doesn't work that way.

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    Jordan emphasizes that developing these skills can improve the current situation and better equip the listener for future roles.

       

    Referrals

    Navigating job referrals can be tricky, especially when competing for the same position. suggests prioritizing one's own needs before helping others, especially in zero-sum situations like job applications 3. He advises being honest with close contacts about the conflict of interest and finding ways to be of service without compromising one's own chances 4.

    It's totally fair and usually essential to make sure that your basic needs are being met before you help someone else.

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    Balancing personal ambition with professional relationships is key to navigating these scenarios successfully 5.

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