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"We're tired of turning in crap"

Workplace Multiplier by Tola Akinsulire


July 9, 2026

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"We're tired of turning in crap"


Howdy ,


A member of my team sent me that line about their own past work, after I told them their latest submission was a real improvement.


No defensiveness. No excuse-making. Just ownership, in their own words, laughing emoji attached.

That sentence took two years to earn.


Not because I was soft on them. Because I was present with them, long before I was ever demanding of them.


That's the order. Relationship, then accountability. Never the other way round. Never accountability alone.


Keep winning at work and in life.


Tola Akinsulire

Your Strategic Workplace Mentor



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