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One of my first leadership jobs n I.T. I had a guy on my team who would read the newspaper at his desk every morning. Talking paper version of the KC Star. Executives would walk by and see it, then I’d hear how my team was slacking. Thing is this guy was an indispensable rock star. Passionate about his job and the go-to person. I ultimately caved to the pressure and asked him to cut out the paper reading as it was a bad look. He did so but wasn’t happy about it. No big drama, and he went on to lead the team after I left. But I’ve always regretted that I didn’t just tell my leadership to get over it.
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