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The Double Win

How to Handle Dissent and Disagreement in Your Organization

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Management, Intentionality, Selfdevelopment, Education, Teamleadership, Personaldevelopment, Productivity, Self-improvement, Business, Achievement, Influence, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Dissent isn’t comfortable, no matter which end you’re on. But it’s essential. Companies that don’t welcome dissent are in danger of falling headlong into damaging situations that would have been avoidable —if only someone had mustered the courage to speak up. So what should you do? How should you respond in the face of dissent? And how can you practice dissent in a way that expresses respect and care? Michael and Megan delve into these questions and more in this candid conversation, providing a treasure trove of practical tips for leveraging dissent to help your company grow. In this episode, you’ll discover— Why responding to dissent by wielding the power of your position is a mistake What to do when you feel your physiological response to confrontation The reason leaders of the best teams should expect to experience dissent Why your level of relational capital should shape the method of your dissent The difference between agreement and alignment—and why it matters This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by the Task Delegator, a new tool to help you automate, delegate, and eliminate tasks so you can achieve the Double Win. Download it for free at leadto.win/delegator. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by the Task Delegator, a new tool to help

0:05.7

you automate, delegate, and eliminate tasks so you can achieve the double win.

0:11.9

Download it for free at lead2.win slash Delegator.

0:16.6

Hi, I'm Michael Hyatt.

0:20.7

And I'm Megan Hyatt Miller.

0:22.3

And this is Lead to Win, our weekly podcast to help you win at work and succeed at life.

0:27.2

Today we're going to be talking about a topic that I think a lot of people experience

0:30.8

in their organizations, particularly if you're a leader or a business owner, but we don't

0:35.5

really talk about it.

0:36.8

And I'm concerned about the way that we frame it.

0:38.8

I want to talk about handling dissent and disagreement in your organization.

0:50.9

So Megan, when you think about dissent or disagreement, how does that make you feel

0:57.2

what do you think about that?

1:00.6

The first thing I thought of when you just said that was necessary evil.

1:03.9

That's the first thing that came to my mind.

1:07.0

I'm kind of kidding.

1:08.8

But seriously though, I mean, it can be a real challenge as a leader to deal with this.

1:13.6

And I hope I'm never without the challenge of it because the alternative is to basically

1:19.5

be flying blind in the world and that feels like a very dangerous prospect.

1:23.8

Yes.

1:24.8

I think that's right.

1:25.8

So I'm going to tell a quick story and I've changed some of the particulars just to protect

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