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This comprehensive resource examines lessons from the private sector, provides case studies of "star" principals, and offers reflection questions for more effective application of leadership principles.
Confront the Brutal Facts
Confront the Brutal Facts
A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune.
—Anonymous
We look now to what Collins (2001) termed “confront the brutal facts.” His study of successful CEOs found that the Level 5 Executives of Good to Great companies maintained firm belief that the company can and will be successful in the end, regardless of the difficulties that they might face. It is a duality best explained by a brief discussion of the story of Admiral Jim Stockdale. He was a prisoner of war at the Hoa Loa (“fiery furnace”) Prison, known ironically as the Hanoi Hilton, during the Vietnam War. When Jim Collins himself asked Stockdale how he was able to survive the ordeal, he ...
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