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Leadership Hope

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Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands

There were all types of suggestions for books to read about hope, but perhaps one of the most counterintuitive was Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands: Lessons in Non-Linear Leadership by Nancy Ortberg. It’s a book I had read when it came out several years ago, and “hope” wasn’t the first thing that came to mind.

But then I re-read the first chapter and found myself furiously underlining sections about hope. Here are a few of the best quotes:

“I think the core of leadership is hope. Leadership is the hope that we can change the things that need to