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Brazen Leaders - The Human Edge
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Brazen Leaders - The Human Edge
#84 - When you add freelancers to your team, power shifts
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You hired external expertise to move faster.
So why does your team feel heavier?
Why is trust more fragile?
Why are meetings more political?
Why are employees quieter?
Why are freelancers slightly detached?
This isn’t about freelancing as a trend.
It’s about psychological contracts colliding inside your team.
In this episode, I unpack:
– Why fairness becomes fragile when contracts differ
– How unclear ownership quietly fuels burnout
– Why psychological safety drops in blended teams
– The hidden risk of capability hollowing
– And what strong leadership actually looks like in that tension
If you’re managing employees and contractors at the same time — and feeling the emotional weight of it — this episode will put words on what you already sense.
Because the real problem isn’t hiring external talent.
It’s leading the complexity that comes with it.