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What does it mean?
Acknowledging the personal cost of war on families.
In plain terms
I know it is hard; I talk to families who lose loved ones.
What can you take from it?
Leadership involves acknowledging personal sacrifice.

Where it applies

  • funerals
  • town halls

Putting it to work

  • listen to families
  • validate grief

Questions to consider

  • How do leaders show empathy?
  • What is the cost of war?

Another view

Acknowledgment does not solve the underlying issue.

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