INSIGHT 2

Be Self-Aware and Respond to Your Feelings

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I had been working in one company for about four-and-a-half years when I started to feel a bit disenchanted and could not quite understand why. I had held several roles through this time and moved up the corporate ladder along the way, yet something just wasn’t right, and it left me with a very uncomfortable feeling. I was doing a senior sales role for an electronic banking business and everything on the outside seemed to be going well. The job required me to be a confrontational negotiator at times, but my preference and authentic style is to build consensus, so everyone feels like they are ...

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