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These are some of the words the October 2024 Lead With Influence cohort used to describe how they were feeling at the end of the four-week program. As the program lead, I was thrilled, because the ...

In most discussions of leadership, the emphasis is on one person’s influence with others. But there’s clear evidence that effective influence with others must be preceded by the leader’s own ...

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A college professor recently met with me to gather information. He wanted to shape a curriculum that would maximize the appeal of his school’s students to potential employers. We discussed a broad ...