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		<title>“There are crocs absolutely everywhere … please don’t go in the water.&#8221; &#8211; 5 Leadership Lessons from a Crisis You Can’t Control</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following story is not from a Netflix movie.  But rather, from real events. Leadership is most clearly revealed when circumstances are least controllable. In Australia’s Northern Territory, leaders recently faced a crisis that offered no easy playbook — only urgent decisions.  Per this article, entire communities like Nauiyu and Daly River were evacuated as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I’ve been called a hero a lot lately, and I like laugh it off.  I don’t know.  I just felt like I did what I was supposed to do.&#8221; &#8211; Applebee&#8217;s manager Aubrey McKenzie Leadership is often tested not in boardrooms, but in moments where seconds matter and fear is real.  In those defining moments, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Every leader loves breakthrough moments.  But what we often miss is this truth: breakthrough performances are almost always the result of quiet, unseen improvement.  What Jo Adell did on Saturday night April 4th — robbing three home runs and securing a 1-0 win for the Los Angeles Angels over the Seattle Mariners — was not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The Top 7 Leadership Articles I Read The Week of March 30 to April 3 The following are the Top 7 Leadership Articles I read last week: Words that Encourage by James Albright The Secret Power of Naivety by Tom Brady The Leadership Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About by Phil Cooke What Helps Players [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[You walk into your weekly staff meeting and scan the room. Everyone looks fine—engaged faces, laptops open, ready to tackle the agenda. But beneath the surface, something troubling is happening that most church leaders are completely missing. 🎧 Listen to this episode: According to recent data from annual church staff health assessments, staff health across [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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