11Leading the Way with Courage and Humility
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With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
—KESHAVAN NAIR
Taking a stand, for anything, requires courage. Courageous leadership is knowing what's right and then acting on it. For instance, during the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II, King Christian X of Denmark noticed a Nazi flag flying over a Danish public building. He immediately called the German commandant, demanding that the flag be taken down at once. The commandant refused. "Then a soldier will go and take it down," said the king.
"He will be shot," threatened ...
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