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How to Manage Defensive People

The Look & Sound of Leadership by Essential Communications - Tom Henschel

Aug 7, 202528:24Business

A leader with a direct report who is, she says, the most defensive person she’s ever known, devotes an entire coaching session to gathering tools to help her cope. All the tools and ideas and scripts in this episode are...

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How to Manage Defensive People is an episode from The Look & Sound of Leadership by Essential Communications - Tom Henschel. A leader with a direct report who is, she says, the most defensive person she’s ever known, devotes an entire coach...

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Published Aug 7, 2025, 28:24 long, audio available.

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