{"id":4,"date":"2003-07-23T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2003-07-23T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leadershipintherealworldblog.com\/?p=4"},"modified":"2017-02-14T23:52:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T04:52:32","slug":"welcome-to-the-institutes-blog-for-leadership-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.leadershipintherealworldblog.com\/index.php\/2003\/07\/welcome-to-the-institutes-blog-for-leadership-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Institute&#8217;s blog for Leadership in the Real World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.i-leadonline.com\/images\/AndyMugShotA-Small.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"10\" alt=\"Andy Kaufman: leadership development training and project management training\">We know how to spell leadership and we generally recognize it when we see it.  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