Welcome to another episode of At the Table with Patrick Linconey, where everything we talk

about is related to changing the world of work so that more organizations can be more effective

and less dysfunctional and employees can be more fulfilled and less miserable.

I'm your host Pat Linconey and I'm joined as always by my co-host Cody Thompson.

How you doing Cody?

Doing great. Good to be here.

Back in the office with us.

That's right.

It's great to have you here. We're also joined by Chris

Jensen. Chris you live here now. I live here now. You are no longer a guest from

Portland. No. Now I'm a guest from down the street. That's right and

and we've got Tracy here producing us making us stay on track. I appreciate that and

Cody what's today's podcast topic?

The title is don't be a cowardly manager. A cowardly manager.

a cowardly manager.

You know, coward is a strong word, even in this day and age of really bad words making it

into songs and television movies.

Telling someone there being a coward is pretty serious.

And that's why the podcast today is really important.

And what it's really about is what I would call interpersonal courage,

something that is really lacking in most organizations, and for that

matter of society. Companies and the people who work in them suffer when people can't speak to

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