{"id":7188,"date":"2014-04-29T16:30:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T20:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=7188"},"modified":"2017-01-24T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T17:50:37","slug":"leadership-in-difficult-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=7188","title":{"rendered":"Leadership in difficult times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rick-Hillier-close.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7189\" src=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rick-Hillier-close.jpg\" alt=\"Rick-Hillier close\" width=\"80\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rick-Hillier-close.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rick-Hillier-close-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a>Retired General Rick Hillier will be the first day closing keynote speaker leading into cocktails on June 16, addressing delegates at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Cts14\" target=\"_blank\">The 2014 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Born in Newfoundland and Labrador, General Rick Hillier joined the Canadian Forces as soon as he could. Throughout his career, General Hillier has had the privilege and pleasure of commanding troops from the platoon to multi-national formation level within Canada, Europe, Asia and the United States. He has worked as a staff officer in several headquarters, first at the Army level in Montreal and later at the strategic level in Ottawa. General Hillier was promoted to  Chief of the Defence Staff in 2005. He retired in August 2008. <\/p>\n<p>General Hillier will speak about &#8220;Leadership in Difficult Times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And these are most definitely challenging times for leaders in the Canadian telecommunications sector.<\/p>\n<p>More than 70 of the people who shape Canada&#8217;s communications sector will be speaking at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Cts14\" target=\"_blank\">The 2014 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a>, June 16-18, at the Toronto Congress Centre.<\/p>\n<p>You should be there too. Why don&#8217;t you <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CTS14R\" target=\"_blank\">register<\/a> today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired General Rick Hillier will be the first day closing keynote speaker leading into cocktails on June 16, addressing delegates at The 2014 Canadian Telecom Summit. Born in Newfoundland and Labrador, General Rick Hillier joined the Canadian Forces as soon as he could. 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