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Great Leaders Balance Ambition with Humility

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The key to success as a leader is to strike a careful balance between ambition and humility. In this episode, Amer Kaissi explains how to get this balance right and how to avoid the pitfalls that can accompany being too humble or not ambitious enough. Kaissi is a professor of health care administration at Trinity University in Texas and an executive coach. He’s the author of the book Humbitious: The Power of Low-Ego, High-Drive Leadership.

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