387 - Doug Noll on Emotional De-Escalation: Why "You Feel" Changes Leadership Under Pressure

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Most proven entrepreneurs know how to take control when pressure rises. In many cases, that capacity helped build the company in the first place. There is a cost when control becomes the default response to every difficu...

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