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Leadership
KRISTI HEDGES, Managing Partner
| Signature Strength |
Calling out the elephant in the room |
| Signature Weakness |
Impatience |
| Passionate about |
Every person's ability to change themselves, at any time, for any reason, just because they choose to. |
| Her story |
Co-founded and led one of the first and largest technology communications firms in the Washington, D.C. area for a decade; Led marketing at a national news outlet; Worked as a political consultant to dozens of Federal candidates |
| Learning edge |
Neuroleadership-using the science of the brain to understand why and how humans change their own behavior, and inspire others. |
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| Loves to... |
Learn. I'll read anything about virtually any arcane concept that vaguely interests me. Fiction, non-fiction, news, Internet, magazines, travel brochures, you can see where this is going. |
| Would rather not... |
Do things I'm terrible at. |
| Wishes she... |
Tried more things I'm terrible at. |
| Life Lesson... |
Absolutely everything is relative. Even the things you're most passionate about. |
| Favorite band of all time... |
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions |
| If she had to spend one year in someone else's life... |
Madeleine Albright, 1997 |
| On her life goals list... |
Write song lyrics for an original composition |
| Favorite time waster... |
TV show addiction, which becomes acute with good writing...Entourage...Mad Men...Big Love...The Colbert Report...the list goes on... |
| Education |
B.A. Virginia Tech, Communications, Phi Beta Kappa; M.S. Purdue University, Communications and Political Behavior. |
| Favorite quote |
"Action is the antidote to despair." Joan Baez |
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