23/02/2026
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ "๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ" ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ.๐๐ซ
I am back from Chines New Year's Break!
If you are an introverted leader, you've probably felt the guilt. "I don't want to go to the team mixer. I hate small talk. Does this mean I'm a bad culture fit? Will my team leave?"
The answer is NO.
In ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง 4, ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ 9 of the "EI & Relationship Mastery" newsletter, I dismantle the myth of the "Broad Networker."
I share the story of a Creative Director who skipped every company social eventโbut had a 0% ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ in a cutthroat industry.
While other managers tried to build culture through Breadth (parties, mixers, forced fun), he built it through ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก. He mastered the 1-on-1. He didn't know his team's drink orders; he knew their career aspirations and their hidden fears.
When recruiters called, his team stayed. Because you don't leave a leader who truly sees you.
๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ "๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐" ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://acts4transformation.com/from-the-pages-relationship-building/
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"๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐" ๐ The framework for Relationship Mastery and Depth is in Chapter 1 of my new book.
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๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ: Paperback available now!
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๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ: Kindle version on Amazon.
Get your copy via the link in the first comment! ๐
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๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Whatโs the most impactful 1-on-1 conversation youโve ever had with a boss or mentor? What made it different?