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The Ripple Effect: How Candor Transforms Leadership Effectiveness

April, 2026

We have written previously about the impact of leaders being more candid and straightforward in their communications. It was found to be an extremely valuable trait. Recently we came across another data set where 181 leaders were measured on a set ...

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