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May 3, 2023Liked by Stanley Fritz

I one thousand percent agree with this. Years ago, a mentor told me that you spend the first six months of a new job listening. I think what is missing from this message is that employers also need to adjust their expectations and welcome that listening period. In my experience, that pressure to perform doesn't only come from within. Having been on both ends of hiring, I've heard organizations say time and again that they want to hire someone to "hit the ground running." We need to give people the space to listen, and learn, and not feel the weight of expectations. We need to give them time to formulate the opinions, plans, and relationships that will benefit both the individual and the organization. We need to resist immediate assessment - which is very contrary to human nature and to capitalism.

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May 3, 2023Liked by Stanley Fritz

"That happened because the story that I and little boys all over the country were told was if I wasn’t producing something, I had no right to exist."

Not a boy but I grew up hearing the same from my father. I'm 47 and still struggle to accept that I have value without a title in my email signature line.

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