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Speak first to declare the high ground

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I have always advised leaders to be the last to speak up about important issues to allow others to state their points of view.

But sometimes a leader must be the first to speak up, as Abraham Lincoln did when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation and linked the cause of preserving the Union with the abolition of slavery.

Such a measure had three key elements: importance, impact and integrity.

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