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December 2, 2022

How to manage conflict within teams

Managing heated situations and giving tough feedback are among the most important skills for founders to learn


Having tough, direct conversations is the task that leaders find most difficult — and for good reason, says executive coach Olivia Meyrick. If communication is managed poorly, it can damage relationships and destroy trust.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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