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Ranjay Gulati:
Great business leadership takes courage. That’s an easy thing to say, but a hard thing to practice. Because a risky move may be a wrong move, even if it seems like the brave thing to do. And many times, the courageous decision is one that defies expectations. It cuts against the grain. Joe Almeida has made a lot of tough decisions in his decades as a leader in the healthcare industry, but he always tries to base his decisions in hard data and to look beyond how things may appear on the surface. Joel tells this story about his dad and his uncle.

Joe Almeida:

My dad had a brother and my dad was working at a drug store to support his college tuition. My father came from very, very humble beginnings. And there was a theft at the drug store. The tally got broken in and somebody stole money.

And my father was working that day behind the counter and he didn’t do it. But they were investigating. And during that time, my father was in a very tough place as a Jose almeida md!