How A Family Tragedy Offered A Lesson In Transparent Communication

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All families know pain and loss—and one comms leader reflects on how those experiences offer wisdom in the face of the many challenges of 2021. Rural Minds founder Jeff Winton talks about the importance of how transparency builds credibility at PRDAILY.com

Corporations are fertile grounds for spawning great leaders. Some executives make their mark turning around faltering companies. Others rise to the occasion when an unexpected crisis occurs.

There are certainly countless additional examples of what defines a great leader. Despite a long career in communications and corporate affairs, my epiphany on leadership came at the most unexpected time: following the suicide in 2012 of my 28-year-old nephew, Brooks. And the teacher wasn’t a high-powered CEO. It was my late mother, Elaine Winton.

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