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Yelled at Your Direct Report and Feel Terrible About It? Ask Madeleine

Dear Madeleine, I really messed up—and I’m so embarrassed I’m thinking of quitting my job. I yelled at one of my direct reports during a team meeting. I was very tired because I had been up all night with a sick kid, and I was super stressed because several of my own deadlines were looming.…

July 20, 2019 in Apologizing.

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