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An MTC @ Medill alumni-led info session highlighted how the program helps leaders take on a single, high-stakes challenge and drive measurable progress in real time.
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MTC @ Medill Fellows gathered at Northwestern last week for its second full-week session focused on locking in performance challenge updates, learning temperament styles, deepening strategy, expanding wins, keeping score and – as always – connecting as a cohort.

Where Strategy Meets Self: Inside MTC @ Medill’s Defining Second Week
MTC @ Medill Fellows gathered at Northwestern last week for its second full-week session focused on locking in performance challenge updates, learning temperament styles, deepening strategy, expanding wins, keeping score and – as always – connecting as a cohort.
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