Mark Cuban Says Fear Was Making His Company Less Productive. Research Shows 1 Way to Fix It

A leader can believe they are approachable while employees receive a very different signal.

EXPERT OPINION BY SCOTT HUTCHESON, AUTHOR, BIOHACKING LEADERSHIP

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Mark Cuban built his career around moving quickly. That intensity helped him create companies, make investments, and turn Broadcast.com into a business Yahoo acquired for $5.7 billion. It also created a problem he did not initially recognize. Cuban recently recalled that his longtime business partner, Todd Wagner, told him employees were afraid of him, and that the fear was getting in the way of productivity.

Cuban believed he was approachable, but Wagner was observing something different.........

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