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Great leadership is about seeing things as they are, not as you want them to be.
Matt Wride is the COO for DecisionWise, a leadership and management consulting firm. While he claims to be entrepreneur at heart, he can't quite muster the courage to leave everything and start a cattle ranch in Montana. Instead, he writes and teaches about employee engagement, leadership, and decision-making. His current project is co-authoring The Employee Experience, How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results (Wiley, Q1 2017).
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