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Donate Your Leadership Skills

THE FAMILIAR PHRASE “it takes a village” may be a bit overused, but its underlying message has relevance for your overall leadership contribution. OK, so you may not literally work in a village, but the organization you belong to certainly can be described as a community. After all, you do “live” with the same people, in the same environment and culture, to pursue a common purpose, yes? That’s basically what work is: a shared community of people who are aligned around a common objective. This notion of community is rather significant and becomes acutely obvious when you change jobs. What’s the most challenging thing about moving to a new organization? It’s not the new role and its associated ...

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