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Tracee Bentley, President and CEO of the Permian Strategic Partnership, joins The Leader Fast Lane to share lessons from a career spanning public policy, energy, and community development. From bringing competitors together around shared goals to building trust through difficult conversations, she explores how leaders turn ambitious visions into collective action. She also shares her commitment to mentoring future leaders and a memorable lesson from her grandmother about moving forward after setbacks.

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John Osborne, President and CEO of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance and Visit Lubbock, joins me on The Leader Fast Lane to discuss the people and experiences that shaped his leadership. We talk about building trust through follow-through, sustaining progress on projects that take decades, and making organizational values part of everyday decisions.

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Leslie Reed draws on three decades of public service—including five assignments as a USAID Mission Director—to explain why effective leadership begins with listening, trust, and a willingness to hear difficult feedback. She shares lessons from leading across cultures, developing leaders at every level, navigating complex organizations, and sustaining communication and community during the extraordinarily difficult final months of USAID.