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Communicate Your Intent
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra—not choreography to the audience.
—George Szell
After an international career in business followed by time in the German public sector, Aria had joined a Geneva-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) devoted to mitigating climate change. Despite Geneva’s conservative nature, the institution made a big bet on Aria, the first nonbinary executive at the organization, based on their amazing track record. (Aria’s pronouns are they/them.) The board brought them in as executive director (ED) following the previous ED’s retirement. Board members loved Aria’s charisma and vision to expand and diversify the organization’s mission.
But eighteen months ...
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