Are the Days of “Because I Said So” Over?

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Are the Days of “Because I Said So” Over?

As you will hear in today’s episode, we believe fear based leadership is the laziest form of leadership. Almost every single person that has heard the phrase, “because I said so” from a coach in their life, which has been a go-to response from coaches for the longest time. Leadership expert Jayson Wells joins the show today to discuss whether or not these days are behind the coaching community, or if there is still monumental progress needed to be made.

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