Which is worst? Too much ego in the workplace, not ENOUGH ego in the workplace, an inability to read the room and tune to the right level of ego needed for the moment? The answer is Yes.
Ego can lead to self-deception and self-sabotage. Where humility is required, we often find exactly the opposite. We so often encounter (or embody) a total lack of awareness of how actions and behavior are perceived.
In the workplace, especially as consultants, this is amplified by clients, context and environment. Getting it right is just not an easy thing to do.
I asked my good friends to join me for a discussion the topic of ego. Watch as Phil Yanov, Whynde Kuehn, and Oliver Cronk help me sort it out.
Please do indulge us and our egos. For this, our 60th episode and the end of Season 5, we have a record-setting 5 minutes of cold open… It definitely is worth it. Well, at least partially.
In this episode:
- What does the word “ego” actually mean outside of a clinical context?
- What is too much or too little ego?
- How does one fine tune the ego for the situation?
- How do you know when ego is getting in the way of your objectives and how do you correct that?
- How do we hold ourselves accountable for our ego?
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