Choosing Between Loyalty and Competence
A leader has built their team with people they trust—people who've been with them through transitions, who understand their vision, who've proven their loyalty. But the company is scaling, and now they need specialists, people with specific expertise the current team doesn't have. Bringing in outsiders means diluting the culture they've built and implicitly signaling that their trusted people aren't enough. This episode examines the decision that reveals a leader's priorities: do you optimize for team cohesion and culture, or for capability and growth? We explore the research on in-group bias…
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