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The Courage Way: Leading and Living with Integrity
- Narrated by: Natalie Hoyt
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Business & Careers, Management & Leadership
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Leadership demands courage. You have to make good decisions while balancing inevitable tensions and knowing when to take risks. You need to keep your values in sight regardless of the pressures around you. At its core, leadership is a daily, ongoing practice, a journey toward becoming your best self and inviting others to do the same.
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- jwillie17
- 09-10-18
Content Great. Narration Horrible
I am a long-time reader/admirer of Parker Palmer and anything that comes out of the Center for Courage and Renewal, which he founded. So is Shelly Francis, the author, of course. I was really looking forward to this book on tape. Then I started listening. I suppose I could overlook Rainer Maria Rilke's name getting mangled. I cringed when Henry Nouwen came out as "Noowen". There were at least two other mispronunciations and inconsistencies that I have forgotten...except this one: Frederick Buechner (properly pronounced as "Beekner") came out as Boo-k-ner. Very disappointing to have such good content overshadowed by such poor performance.
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- Shyn
- 15-01-18
Favorite of many
100% Beautiful, Genuine and Powerful for all readers looking to better their self. Easy to follow and put in motion.