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You've stood in their shoes. Now be sure to remember the lessons they had to learn the hard way.
Leaders
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Decisions made
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Lessons learnt
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Your latest journey
Nelson Mandela
The long walk to freedom
South Africa is divided and violence is rising. Mandela must choose a path forward without losing what matters most.
Your journey
2 of 3 decisions matched Mandela's choices
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Your journeys
Nelson Mandela
The long walk to Freedom
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2 of 3 decisions matched
Key lesson
Leadership is context dependent. Sometimes you stick to your principles, sometimes you don't.
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Nelson Mandela
The long walk to Freedom
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2 of 3 decisions matched
Koptekst 6
Koptekst 6
Key lesson
Nelson Mandela
The long walk to Freedom
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2 of 3 decisions matched
Koptekst 6
Koptekst 6
Key lesson
Your patterns
Comparing your choices with history's greatest
You faced the same tough choices. Sometimes you chose as they did. Sometimes you didn't.
A moment that stood out
A leader you found yourself agreeing with
With Steve Jobs you preferred the risky options. With Nelson Mandela you preferred a cautious approach.
Across all your journeys, your choices have landed closest to Otto von Bismarck. He was a leader who reshaped Europe through three wars — and whose decisions permanently changed the map.
Otto von Bismarck
How you tend to decide
Action under Uncertainty
Patience
You tend to move when others might wait.
Action
Pragmatism
Pragmatism vs Principle
Principle
You stick to your principles even if that is hard
Risk Appetite
Caution
Boldness
You dare to gamble to win
Consensus
Consensus vs Authority
You prefer to align with teammembers before acting
Authority
Lessons to take home
Historical insights from the leaders you studied that are still relevant today
Sometimes you have to work with the people you once fought.
Nelson Mandela
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After apartheid ended, Mandela brought the party that had imprisoned him into his government. The new South Africa had to be run by both sides or it would not hold.
Sometimes you have to work with the people you once fought.
Nelson Mandela
From
After apartheid ended, Mandela brought the party that had imprisoned him into his government. The new South Africa had to be run by both sides or it would not hold.
Sometimes you have to work with the people you once fought.
Nelson Mandela
From
After apartheid ended, Mandela brought the party that had imprisoned him into his government. The new South Africa had to be run by both sides or it would not hold.
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What's next
Another journey filled with impossible decisions awaits you.
Otto von Bismarck
The art of unity
Germany doesn't exist yet, and is filled with a lot of small rival states. Bismarck wants to unite them under his leadership and control.
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