The primary result of the collision was that he failed to realize his most cherished ambition: Wallace grew from comparative obscurity to become a model for the civilian, amateur soldier. His participation in the Woolfolk affair in late personified the difficulties the Lincoln administration had with the army justifying, then enforcing, its official policy of conciliation.
Rawlins, and the Union war effort in the West from Fort Henry to Shiloh, either need refurbishing or demand discarding.
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Of course, strong leadership also often goes hand in hand with bold ambition: He is pulling it off and energizing employees in the process. He has now returned to the financial data firm he founded but is hardly giving up his high-wattage policy activism — leading campaigns for gun control and against smoking and obesity. Ma became a billionaire not just through brilliant management but also by leading his company in a big, brash way. A mathematician and computer scientist by training, Klawe is leading the charge to bring more women into science, technology, and engineering.
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Rescuing a giant, old industrial corporation in decline is almost impossible; few leaders have ever done it. Fewer still — maybe none except Ghosn — have done it while also a top executive at a separate industrial giant on the other side of the world. He did it by smashing Japanese cultural norms — laying off thousands of workers and cutting ties with members of the Nissan keiretsu. Japanese citizens and media were enraged, but the shock treatment worked, and Ghosn soon became a Japanese hero, his exploits even celebrated in a manga comic book.
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Now, through her foundation, she is vividly — and convincingly — showing the world how climate change is affecting the poorest of the poor. Crucially, he understood that he was creating an experience, not selling a product. My father believed unshakeably that a man's word was his bond. There was no contract in the world more binding on him than the one that he gave when he shook your hand.
He could be a tough operator and a very hard negotiator. He never compromised his integrity to advance his position. He used to say to me: I don't think he would argue with any of that. He lived close to the top of the corporate ladder. He was aware that if you weren't to fall off, there were times when you had to be tough.
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