Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made

Jonathan Block

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Here, leaders share the moments along the way that have shaped them most deeply. Their stumbling blocks.You'll hear leaders as they really are: challenged, battered, and deeply flawed. And you'll see them picking back up, dusting themselves off, and leading again. Because if we let them, stumbling blocks make us better.Welcome to Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders are Made.I’m your host, Jonathan Block. I've spent the last 20 years studying leadership, and I ask leaders to take us back to the moments that aren't on highlight reel:• The day they got laid off.• The crisis that almost broke...

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