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When founder trauma responses shape company culture

My co-founder and I both have PTSD from military service but we cope completely differently - they're very private and structured while I process things by talking them through with the team. Our different approaches are creating confusion about company culture and some employees don't know how to relate to either of us.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two leaders are discovering that their individual coping mechanisms are creating mixed messages and uncertainty in their shared organizational environment.

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