In earlier columns about Creative Leadership, the theory I have put forward with scholars Sudhir Venkatesh and David Slocum, we have used outside examples of leadership to illustrate our key tenets complexity and alignment, and humility and being wrong.

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The examples of Silver Peak, IronKey and Boku illustrate openness to talent from around the world continues to help fuel innovation in America.

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And in that same year, Judge Hastings was convicted of lying under oath and removed by the Senate even though he had already been acquitted in a criminal trial. (It is generally recognized that an act need not be criminal in order to be impeachable.) As these examples illustrate, perjury is and historically has been a sufficient cause for conviction and removal.

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At CircleUp, we are taking a bottom-up approach to financing innovation, but, as the examples above illustrate, industries far and wide will be disrupted by bottom-up innovation.

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To illustrate his point, Toro uses the examples of Ollanta Humala in Peru and Venezuelan presidential opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles Radonski. (To this list, we could also add Fernando Lugo in Paraguay).

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Use examples and metaphors from other elements of business, literature, or current events to illustrate your points.

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What these examples illustrate is not that President Bush is willfully and recklessly disregarding America's responsibility to be a world leader and exemplar to others.

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Real-world examples drawn from her research illustrate the concept, and she offers strategies and solutions applicable to organizations of all shapes and sizes to help them put effective teaming into practice.

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