The Scary Things That Can Make You a Stronger Leader

Appeared in Governing Magazine, June 1, 2015.

Criminals scare me. They know more about guns and knives than I do. They curse. They have tattoos. At 34, I looked young, used too much hair gel, had fancy degrees (social work, the humanities) and preferred having worried people come visit me in a therapy office with a trickling desktop water feature.

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