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Navigating the perfect storm – a personal story of leadership, teamwork, and compassion

Issue 22
April 2022

Author
John Pisa-Relli
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John Pisa-Relli currently serves as consulting legal counsel to a multinational aerospace and defense company headquartered in the United States, where he advises on a wide range of trade compliance matters. For the previous ten years, he directed the internal trade compliance program for Accenture, the world’s largest business consulting firm. Prior to joining Accenture, John served in the US federal government, practiced law privately, and served as in-house director of trade compliance with a multinational aerospace and defense group headquartered in Europe. Connect with John on LinkedIn..

I recognized the importance of asking for help when things get tough.
Last month we talked about the Russia/Ukraine situation as a “black swan” event; i.e., something that seemed to come out of nowhere with major effect. We also discussed the idea of staying in your “three-foot world” as a means to cope with the swan; that is, focusing on the things you can control that are within arm’s reach. Put another way, it’s about staying inside the zone where “things that matter” and “things you can cont...

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