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A Lesson from Mandela on Leadership

Speaking at Nelson Mandela's funeral, Ms. Joyce Banda, the President of Malawi, shared the most profound lesson she learned from him about leadership: "I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you."

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