LAOP 2019 · No. 14
Joe Alvarnas; Gyasi Chisley
Great leaders move out of creativity, because they see things that will be transformative, and there is a moment of suspension of disbelief in which they're willing to experiment, learn, grow.
Joe Alvarnas
Late in the day the conversation turned to courage. Joe Alvarnas said it grows from one of two places, immense creativity or deep desperation, and that the best leaders keep leaving their comfort zones. Gyasi Chisley warned that repetition makes habits permanent, good or bad. Then a woman who works in employee relations at a hospital system described setting aside her calendar to sit with an employee in crisis, and realizing that person needed her more than any meeting did.
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