“You are the leader other people experience you to be. If you don't have insight into how other people experience any of your behavioral deficiencies then you are not ready to take that momentous first step of leadership.”

—  Kent Thiry

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

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Business; CEO of DaVita 1956

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