{"id":293,"date":"2008-03-20T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T15:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.AchieveMax.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/20\/good-leadership-traits\/"},"modified":"2013-06-27T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:21:18","slug":"good-leadership-traits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achievemax.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/20\/good-leadership-traits\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexibility, Negotiation, Compromise &#8211; Good Leadership Traits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This story has been around for a very long time and really proves a point in a very humorous but realistic way. After a great deal of research, it was revealed that the story is not actually true. 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