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CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
Part I The Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 Opening the Door to the White House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2 A Foundation for Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3 Connections: A Lifetime of Fellowship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Part II The Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 4 Leaders Know There’s More to Life than Work . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 5 Leaders Focus on the Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 6 Leaders Have a Laserlike Focus on Their People. . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 7 Leaders Root Out Prejudice in Themselves and Others . . . 69
Chapter 8 Leaders Act with Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 9 Leaders Create a Sense of Urgency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 10 Leaders Have Passion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 11 Leaders Are Persistent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter 12 Leaders Are Great Communicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter 13 Leaders Ask the Tough Questions That Need to
Be Asked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Chapter 14 Leaders Take Risks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 15 Leaders Understand That Not Every Battle Is the
End of the War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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