In this issue of Career Compass, Dr. Benest highlights seven leadership myths that should be left behind.

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After the Great Recession, slightly declining tax revenues and other reductions threatened full implementation of the city's proposed new pay plan for its employees, and layoffs seemed imminent. At the same time, expectations that the city would continue to provide quality public services persisted. While the tax decline soon subsided, it was replaced with a long-term financial stagnancy that exists even today.

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