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The author, a former longtime executive at IBM and HP, recounts her professional work with Frances Hesselbein, and how she first discovered her work in leadership, in 1989. Citing one particular quality about her importance, she writes: “Frances was always looking to the future. She often spoke about five enduring leadership qualities that she believed will define the great leaders of the 21st Century...