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CULTIVATING COURAGE

Commitment to action is a commitment to understanding the realities of what you may be learning about yourself. Courage is about introspection: knowing yourself, growing yourself, confronting your flaws, and admitting you don’t know everything.

—Anne Chow, CEO, AT&T Business

COURAGEOUS THRIVING

In The Six Signature Traits of Inclusive Leadership, published by Deloitte, courage is defined as:

Putting personal interests aside to achieve what needs to be done; acting on convictions and principles even when it requires personal risk-taking.

Beginning with self-advocacy, when we are on our advancement path, having courage upon arrival in leadership roles quickly becomes a practice that impacts many others who depend ...

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