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Despite my quibbles with how her character reacts when things really go awry, Kiri’s Evy has a clarity of purpose that holds our attention despite not having that much to do.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Leaders who do this inner work, Yusim has observed, tend to create organisations with greater clarity of purpose, healthier cultures, and more resilient teams.—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026 Responsiveness requires historical literacy, strategic coherence, clarity of purpose, and a public that understands the stakes.—Carol L. Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026 In uncertain times, clarity of purpose matters.—Jonathan Greenblatt, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026 The fabric’s strong reception can be attributed to its commercial versatility and clarity of purpose.—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Jan. 2026 And the carrier group steaming toward the Persian Gulf signals capability without clarity of purpose.—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 20 Jan. 2026 The role of leadership in this context was not to dictate solutions but to create clarity of purpose and provide the latitude for teams to innovate boldly.—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025