Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Lead Where You Stand

Daily Chase #163

Dec 17, 2025
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Working inside a bureaucratic system can feel like pushing against the tide. The organization rewards metrics you don’t believe in. The promotion criteria ignore the things you value most. The people who get ahead aren’t always the ones making the biggest impact.

You can’t change the system from the middle. But here’s wha…

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