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Opinion: Veteran Experience Office Director of Enterprise Measurement & Design on Grit+Purpose

“I would like to share a story Gautam Kumra once so effectively revealed about a gentleman by the name of Dashrath Manjhi, someone who might not leap to mind in a discussion on leadership, because this impoverished labourer from Bihar epitomizes the clarifying power of conviction. Manjhi lost his wife because she could not be taken in time to the nearest healthcare facility 70km away from his village near Gaya. Determined that no one else should suffer a similar experience, Manjhi decided to chisel a road through the mountain…”

“We work tirelessly to define, instill, and iterate on the why. Bill Schaninger unpacks the #why in the four key actions influencing mind-sets and behavior we refer to time and time and time again (linked in the comments). So incredibly proud of the leadership team and honored to serve and support each and every VEO employee and our Veterans, caregivers, survivors, and family members.” Read the full post here.

Source: Grit+Purpose – By Anil Tilbe, November 8, 2019. LinkedIn.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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