Don't flip under pressure

Our strengths are often the flip side of our weaknesses, writes executive coach Gill Corkindale, who notes that high-pressure situations can sometimes shift a positive trait to a negative one. Research in the U.K. has identified 11 such dichotomies likely to derail a career, including charming-manipulative and diligent-perfectionist.

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This story published in SmartBrief on Entrepreneurs on 10/29/2009





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