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He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. So my journey started, sort of my entrepreneurial journey I guess started in around 1993. So, my partner, my boss had a strong vision for what he wanted the firm to look like.
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