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"Let's start this meeting with some stories about peeing on yourself."
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"Let's start this meeting with some stories about peeing on yourself."

Sometimes, sharing stories of embarrassment and failure with your work team can bond you all quicker.

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Ted Bauer
Nov 14, 2019
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Here's a podcast from Northwestern called "The Insightful Leader," with the transcript of this specific episode being here. The theme of the episode is teams sharing embarrassing or vulnerable stories with each other to build trust. I can personally relate to this in a few ways. I blogged once about going to my friend's funeral. This was obviously not a…

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