I never expected someone to tell me, to my face, that they resented me. But that’s exactly what happened when I introduced a simple leadership practice. The funny thing? A few weeks later, they completely changed their mind. What happened? Let’s talk about it. (~5 min video)
I don’t believe in “Quiet Quitting.” I believe in “Quietly Waiting for Better Leadership.”
When I see a technical team disengaging, cameras off, bare-minimum output, silence in meetings, I don’t look at the team. I look at the manager. Engineers and operators rarely disengage from the work. They love the work. They disengage from the chaos above them. When a technical expert takes a leadership role without the right