FOURThe Art of Illumination: Bringing out the Best of People and Situations

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TEN MINUTES OF ILLUMINATION

The president of the R&D division of a major pharmaceutical company was welcoming 400 people to the company’s annual leadership conference. She was to speak for 10 minutes and then introduce me as the keynote speaker. Not knowing her well, I worried that she might spend her full 10 minutes listing all the reasons why this group of exceptionally talented people needed leadership development. That she might flood them with problems and reminders of inadequacy, the way I have seen all too many executives do, to make their case for leadership development. ...

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