Challenging Senior Officers
Mike shares his rules for challenging senior officers, including doing it respectfully and privately, and making it clear that the only agenda is to improve the organization. He also emphasizes the importance of laying out "iron logic" and always considering whether your actions would be embarrassing if made public.In this clip
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