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Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Kuanita E. Murphy, PhD
Rural Leader Magazine, LLC is a digital
publication that highlights every day people doing
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Guest Contributors
Jim Clemmer
International Best-Selling Author
Kevin Eikenberry
Leadership Guru
The Kevin Eikenberry Group
Gregory Frost
Entrepreneur and Leadership Expert
Keith Lawrence-Miller
Elite Pro Coach and Consultant
5 Special Feature:
Keith Eikenberry:
Leadership is marathon,
not a sprint
13 Changing Healthcare
Requirements Prompt
Registered Nurses to
Earn Bachelor's degrees
7 The Root of Servant
Leadership and How it
affects you
15 Want to work with a
diverse company? Tips
to Tell the Factual from
the Fake
8 Children and Summer
Learning: 5 Building
Blocks for their Brains
9 Six Tips for a Successful Small Business
10 Keeping Teens on
Track: National High
School Graduation Rate
Still Shows Room for
Improvement
12 Celebration is the
pause that refreshes
17 Two-year degree
programs and 1-year
certificates can open
doors in-demand
careers in Health Care
Technology
19 Applying the Law
of Attraction to your
Thoughts
21 We are all Leaders
23 Classifieds
Lee Werrell
Entrepreneur and Leader Guru
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