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What does your stress reveal about your leadership?

Venture capital has spent decades trying to quantify what makes an exceptional founder. Investors analyse unit economics, burn multiples and product-market fit.

  • Alchemist leaders view stress as an opportunity, fostering innovation under pressure
  • Leadership stress reveals psychological flexibility through communication styles
  • Effective crisis communication balances urgency with composure, exposing decision-making habits

France, Germany make pitch to overhaul EU foreign policy

Proposal is an attempt to boost Kaja Kallas’s role while recognizing that much of the real power to conduct foreign policy lies with the Commission.

  • France and Germany propose major overhaul of EU foreign policy.
  • Kaja Kallas to gain far-reaching authority over EEAS.
  • Implementation uncertain before 2029 EU term end.

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