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Adventures in Zambian Politics

Adventures in [bncjbo! Politics A Story in Black and White

Guy Scott

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You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me. —Julius

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Part 1 IN THE BEGINNING 1 SEARCHING FOR THE AUTHENTIC GARY KIRSTEN 2 COACHING. NO, NOT COACHING. COACHING. 3 THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LEADERSHIP Part 2 THE INDIA JOURNEY 4 ARRIVING IN INDIA 5 PLAYING TO STRENGTHS 6 INDIA AT WAR 7 SHED THE BLAZER AND TIE 8 THINKING DIFFERENTLY 9 CHARACTER AND VALUES 10 EGO: THE BATTLE WITHIN 11 EGO AND MY GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ERROR 12 GETTING THERE: BIRTHING THE WORLD CUP STRATEGY 13 GETTING THERE: THE SIX INCHES BETWEEN THE EARS 14 THE MYTH OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS 15 INTUITIVE LEADERSHIP 16 FAILURE: PART ONE 17 FAILURE: PART TWO 18 RIDING THE WAVES OF FEAR 19 THE ZONE OF DEATH, THE NORTH POLE AND THE WORLD CUP 20 THE WORLD CUP: COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH THE TEAM INTERLUDE Part 3 LIFE IS BUT A JOURNEY 21 HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

22 PERSONAL MASTERY 23 SELF-AWARENESS: A JOURNEY OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES 24 THE PROTEAS IN SWITZERLAND 25 ALPHA LEADERS 26 THE PAINFUL LOSSES 27 NO ‘ZEN SHIT’ 28 OUT OF THE BOX POSTSCRIPT Madiba’s sleeve ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES PHOTOGRAPHS



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