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Leaders who encourage more structured debate might find that better, more thoughtful decisions are made.

Various safety debacles have exposed failures in Boeing's safety culture, values within the organization, and poor crisis management, eroding public trust.

A healthy dose of hopeful optimism is a good thing. In fact, the Mayo Clinic (2023) promotes positive thinking, a precursor to optimism, as being good for your overall health and well-being. Positive thinking is also a key part of stress management. But what happens when the pendulum of positive thinking swings too far in the other direction?

When crafted and executed properly, employee engagement surveys provide leaders with critical insights into the thoughts and experiences of their teams.

Passing judgment is an inborn survival mechanism that helps humans discern bad from good, friend from foe, moral versus immoral. As a helpful and necessary part of life, we make judgments on a daily basis to help us navigate, interact with, and make sense of our lives and surroundings. Yet, the line between making a judgment and judging can be blurry at times. As a leader, how does one balance this paradox of judging something without being judgmental?