If you don’t give them a chance to show what they can do, someone else will.
If you don’t give them clear and comprehensive feedback about their performance, someone else will.
If you don’t paint a compelling picture of the future, someone else will.
If you don’t speak candidly about your own goals and challenges, someone else will.
If you don’t explain what you’re thinking and why, someone else will.
If you don’t share what you’re feeling and why, someone else will.
You don’t have have to do it “right,” you just have to do it.
Because in the age of connection and compassion, if you don’t, someone else will.
DAVID BERRY is the author of “A More Daring Life: Finding Voice at the Crossroads of Change” and the founder of RULE13 Learning. He speaks and writes about the complexity of leading in a changing world.
