In the real world of business, setback and failure require reflection and recalibration, processes that are hindered by the exaggerated behavior of a leader.

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Too many Republicans are said to be reluctant to criticize a leader of their own party for engaging in behavior they rightly would excoriate any Democrat for perpetrating.

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Any behavior that reinforced the success formula, as the leader expressed it, made employees and contractors successful.

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By promoting mobile transaction apps, banks are nurturing a consumer behavior that could cost them billions if a new leader emerges as king.

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This type of assertive behavior is exactly what we would expect from a strong leader.

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Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours.

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Andre Spicer, a professor of Organizational Behavior at the Cass Business School in London, said the loss of a "great leader" such as Ferguson is similar to "enduring a death" for a company.

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