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The Courage to Lead with Character and Resiliency

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Leaders must have the courage to make decisions with well less than perfect information. Jack Welch, who led General Electric as its CEO from 1981 to 2001observed that mid-level leaders at GE struggled with having the courage to make a decision. Still, a leader must decide.

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Top Companies are Guided by these Three Best Principles

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Many business people think of communication as information dissemination to people rather than communication among people, “telling them what they need to know” versus creating clarity and building shared meaning. Jack Welch says, “It’s not a speech… or a videotape. It weaves its way throughout all of them.

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