Why perfunctory compliments and green dashboards kill business growth

among the team so that you're comfortable critiquing and debating in public.

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among the team so that you're comfortable critiquing and debating in public. But when you're in private, take that moment to build the trust. Because if you build that trust and you tell them that you've got their back and you create a level of safety there, in public, you don't wanna be in a mode of posturing. You wanna be in a mode of problem solving. When you're just giving people perfunctory compliments all the time and everything is just hunky dory, rose colored glasses, great. All your dashboards look green, but you're growing the business at like one and a half percent.

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Cisco president Jeetu Patel explains how to build the right team dynamics for honest feedback and problem-solving. He contrasts private trust-building with public debate, arguing that superficial positivity and misleading metrics lead to stagnant growth. The key is creating psychological safety privately so teams can engage in productive conflict publicly.

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This offers a counterintuitive framework for balancing trust-building with honest critique that directly impacts business performance.

50:31 - 51:1141stactical advice

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