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Why proactive leadership is important – or how Congress could have prevented Trump's Helsinki fiasco

  • Written by Thomas Bateman, Professor of Management, University of Virginia
Trump and Putin shake hands at the conclusion of their joint news conference.AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Imagine you’re speeding along on a highway. Suddenly, the traffic ahead of you slows, forcing you to hit the breaks. Eventually you arrive at the source of the bottleneck: a mattress lying in the right lane. One by one, your fellow...

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