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Fortune
Alexa Mikhail

Exclusive: Vulnerability expert Brené Brown says executives who don't 'discuss people's fears and feelings will not be leading in the future'

(Credit: Randal Ford/courtesy of BetterUp)

When Brené Brown delivered one of her first leadership trainings to a group of Air Force squadron commanders in 2018, she warned their brigadier general that they would be discussing fears and feelings. 

Brown, a New York Times bestselling author on shame and vulnerability and a research professor at the University of Houston, didn’t know how the topic would go over considering that most people are taught not to admit to their fear. His response, however, surprised her. 

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