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Lessons From the Military: Your Risk is My Risk, Too

Harvard Business Review

That kind of zero-sum game is for cowards, and in the end, we all pay the price for this type of latent, toxic leadership. Leading people in risky environments is not a game with a reset button, a golden parachute, or a bailout clause. Risk has faces and names. Leaders need to role model the character they want to see in others.