Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 6, 2021

I recently read a story about long-distance runners Abel Mutai and Ivan Fernandez. Here’s what the Facebook story shared: In a race, athlete Abel Mutai representing Kenya was just a few feet from the finish line, but he was confused with the signage & […]. Integrity Still Matters.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 28, 2023

Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was just a few feet from the finish line but became confused with the signage and stopped. They were seen as less technically skilled, poorer problem solvers, and less able to develop others. A two-minute video tells an inspiring story of honesty and integrity. He thought he’d finished the race.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

They like to develop the skill in others. Sam Abell falls into the latter camp of truly reflective practitioners. Abell has figured out that the way to get a great photograph is not to take it but to make it. The key, Abell learned, is not to chase its unfurling arc: “Let the rope come to you.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

Mark Rylance plays the spy Rudolf Abel. When you’re not, develop strategies to leave it behind. Guilt is focused internally on the behavior someone has committed, while shame tends to involve feeling like you are a bad person, particularly in the context of bad behaviors that have become public knowledge.

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