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A Leadership Lesson from Trappist Monks that Made Me Rich

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from August Turak : On March 31, 2000, my partners and I sold our company. Then, only two months into the deal, the venture capitalists that controlled our board pushed out my friend and replaced him with a total stranger. August Turak detachment leadership lessons Trappist Monks' His website is www.augustturak.com.

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How We Transformed Emergency Care at Our Hospital

Harvard Business Review

But eight months before completion, in August 2013, while presenting our expansion plan to the hospital’s board, we had an epiphany. We had near-weekly visits from the Colorado Department of Public Health because of patient complaints and code violations.