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İț’ș țħě țǿųģħěșț ŀǿňģ-đįșțǻňčě řěŀǻțįǿňșħįp: ěmpŀǿỳěě ǻňđ bǿșș. Mǿřě ǿf ųș țħǻň ěvěřǻřě ẅǿřķįňģ fřǿm ħǿmě ǿř ǿțħěř řěmǿțě ŀǿčǻțįǿňș, ǻňđ țħěřě ǻřě mǿřě ẅǻỳș țǿčǿmmųňįčǻțě. Șǿ ẅħỳ đǿ ẅě șțįŀŀ fěěŀ șǿ ǻňxįǿųș țħǻț ẅě’řě ǿųț ǿf țǿųčħ?

Mǻřțǻ Mǻįřěŀěș, ǻň ǻșșǿčįǻțě mǻňǻģěř įň Ŀǿňđǿň fǿř ǻ ňǿňpřǿfįț ǿřģǻňįżǻțįǿň,șǿměțįměș ẅǿřřįěđ ẅħěň ħěř Břųșșěŀș-bǻșěđ bǿșș, Ķřįșțįň Ķǿmįvěș, đįđň’ț řěșpǿňđ țǿșǿmě ěmǻįŀș, ẅǿňđěřįňģ, “Ẅħǻț đǿ İ đǿ?” șħě șǻỳș.

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Ťħě Čħǻŀŀěňģě ǿf Mǻňǻģįňģ ǻ Ŀǿňģ-Đįșťǻňčě Řěŀǻťįǿňșħįp Ẅįťħ Ỳǿųř BǿșșǺș mǿřě ěmpŀǿỳěěș ẅǿřķ řěmǿțěŀỳ, țħěỳ fǻčě ňěẅ ǿbșțǻčŀěș țǿ ģěțțįňģ ǻŀǿňģ ẅįțħ țħě bǿșș.

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Lara Koritzke works from her Toronto home as director of communication and development for the ISEAL Alliance. Shetravels every other month to her employer’s London headquarters to meet and talk with the three people who report to her.‘I have breakfast with one, and lunch with another, with no agenda so I can get the lay of the land,’ she says. ‘I let themlead the one-on-ones,’ with a goal of finding out, “How can I help you do your job better,” ’ she says. PHOTO: ZVONIMIRZUPANCIC

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Țħě ǻňșẅěř ẅǻș mǿřě běňįģň țħǻň șħě țħǿųģħț: Đř. Ķǿmįvěș įș șǿ șẅǻmpěđ bỳ ěmǻįŀ țħǻțșħě đįřěčțș ěmǻįŀș țħǻț “čč” ħěř bųț ǻřěň’ț ǻđđřěșșěđ țǿ ħěř įňțǿ ǻ fǿŀđěř țħǻț șħě řěǻđșẅįțħįň ǻ fěẅ đǻỳș, șǻỳș Đř. Ķǿmįvěș, ǻ đįřěčțǿř ǻț İȘĚǺĿ Ǻŀŀįǻňčě, ǻ ģřǿųp țħǻț ħěŀpșǿřģǻňįżǻțįǿňș įmpřǿvě șųșțǻįňǻbįŀįțỳ șțǻňđǻřđș.

İň ǻ řěčěňț țřǻįňįňģ șěșșįǿň ǿň řěmǿțě čǿmmųňįčǻțįǿň, Đř. Ķǿmįvěș įňvįțěđ ěmpŀǿỳěěșțǿ įňșțǻňț-měșșǻģě ħěř ẅħěň țħěỳ ňěěđ ǻ qųįčķ ǻňșẅěř. Ǻňđ Mș. Mǻįřěŀěș ňǿẅ ǻđđșįňfǿřmǻțįǿň ħěř bǿșș mįģħț ħǻvě mįșșěđ ǿň ǻň ěmǻįŀ țǿ țħě ǻģěňđǻ fǿř țħěįř ẅěěķŀỳčħěčķ-įň čǻŀŀș.

Čǿmmųňįčǻțįǿň ģěțș čǿmpŀįčǻțěđ ẅħěň pěǿpŀě ẅǿřķ fǻř ǻpǻřț. Ěmpŀǿỳěěș ǻț đįșțǻňțǿffįčěș ħǻvě țǿ bě mǿřě įň țǿųčħ ẅįțħ țħě bǿșș, ňǿț ŀěșș. İț ǻŀșǿ řěqųįřěș ǻ șțřǻțěģįč țǿųčħ,mǻțčħįňģ țěčħ țǿǿŀș șųčħ ǻș țěxțș, ěmǻįŀ, čǻŀŀș ǿř vįđěǿčǿňfěřěňčįňģ țǿ țħě ǿččǻșįǿň.

Ǻ bįģ mįșțǻķě ěmpŀǿỳěěș ǻňđ bǿșșěș mǻķě ẅħěň șěțțįňģ ųp ǻ řěmǿțě ǿffįčě įș fǻįŀįňģ țǿșěț ģřǿųňđ řųŀěș ǻňđ ěxpěčțǻțįǿňș ǻbǿųț ħǿẅ ǻňđ ẅħěň țǿ čǿmmųňįčǻțě, șǻỳș ŇǻňčỳȘěțțŀě-Mųřpħỳ, přěșįđěňț ǿf Ģųįđěđ İňșįģħțș, ǻ Bǿxbǿřǿųģħ, Mǻșș., țřǻįňįňģ ǻňđčǿňșųŀțįňģ fįřm țħǻț ẅǿřķěđ ẅįțħ İȘĚǺĿ mǻňǻģěřș ǻňđ ěmpŀǿỳěěș ǿň čǿmmųňįčǻțįǿň.

Mǻňỳ řěmǿțě ěmpŀǿỳěěșđěfǻųŀț țǿ țħě mǿșțįmpěřșǿňǻŀ fǿřm ǿfčǿmmųňįčǻțįǿň—ěmǻįŀ. Bųțșǿměțįměș įț įș ěșșěňțįǻŀ țǿ đǿțħě ħǻřđěř țħįňģ: pįčķ ųp țħěpħǿňě.

Jǻmįě Ģřěțțųm, ǻ țřǻįňįňģ ǻňđpřǿjěčț-mǻňǻģěměňțěxěčųțįvě ẅħǿ ẅǿřķș fřǿm ħěřČħįčǿ, Čǻŀįf., ħǿmě, ěmǻįŀěđħěř bǿșș ǿň ǻ přěvįǿųș jǿb fǿřǻppřǿvǻŀ ǿf ǻ țǿųģħ đěčįșįǿň,

țħěň ěmǻįŀěđ ħįm ǻģǻįň ẅħěň șħě ģǿț ňǿ řěșpǿňșě. Ųňǻbŀě țǿ ħǿvěř ǿųțșįđě ħįș ǿffįčěđǿǿř, șħě țěxțěđ ħįm, țħěň čǻŀŀěđ ħįș ǻșșįșțǻňț. Ňǿ řěșpǿňșě.

“İ fįňǻŀŀỳ țǿǿķ țħě ŀěǻp ǻňđ čǻŀŀěđ ħįm ǿň ħįș čěŀŀpħǿňě ǿň ǻ Fřįđǻỳ ňįģħț” ǻț ħįș ħǿmě,șħě șǻỳș. Ħěř mǻňǻģěř țħǻňķěđ ħěř ǻňđ ǿķǻỳěđ ħěř đěčįșįǿň, bųț Mș. Ģřěțțųm’ș vǿįčěșțįŀŀ șħǻķěș ẅħěň șħě řěměmběřș ħǿẅ șțřěșșěđ șħě fěŀț.

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Řěmǿțě ẅǿřķěřș șħǿųŀđ ǻģřěě ẅįțħ țħěįř mǻňǻģěřș įň ǻđvǻňčě ǻbǿųț ẅħįčħ đěčįșįǿňșțħěỳ čǻň mǻķě ǿň țħěįř ǿẅň ǻňđ ẅħįčħ ǿňěș ǻřě țǿǿ șįģňįfįčǻňț ǿř ǻmbįģųǿųș țǿ mǻķěǻŀǿňě. İň țħįș čǻșě, Mș. Ģřěțțųm ẅǻș řěčǿmměňđįňģ ǻ đěŀǻỳ įň ǻ přǿđųčț ŀǻųňčħ țħǻțẅǿųŀđ ħǻvě ǻffěčțěđ ǻň ěňțįřě șǻŀěș țěǻm. Ǻș ǻ řěmǿțě ẅǿřķěř, șħě șǻỳș, “İ ħǻvě țǿ ķňǿẅẅħǻț đěčįșįǿňș ǻřě mįňě țǿ mǻķě ǻňđ ẅħǻț đěčįșįǿňș ǻřě ňǿț.”

Řěmǿțě ěmpŀǿỳěěș șħǿųŀđ șčħěđųŀě ǻ ẅěěķŀỳ, 20-mįňųțě ǿňě-ǿň-ǿňě čǻŀŀ țǿ ųpđǻțě țħěbǿșș, řěpǿřț přǿģřěșș ǻňđ ǻșķ fǿř ħěŀp įf ňěěđěđ, șǻỳș Čǻřměŀǻ Șǿųțħěřș, ǻ șěňįǿřčǿňșųŀțįňģ pǻřțňěř șpěčįǻŀįżįňģ įň vįřțųǻŀ ẅǿřķ ẅįțħ Ķěň Bŀǻňčħǻřđ Čǿș., įň Șǻň Đįěģǿ.Țħě čǿňvěřșǻțįǿňș bųįŀđ țħě ķįňđ ǿf țřųșț ǻňđ fǻmįŀįǻřįțỳ țħǻț đěvěŀǿp ňǻțųřǻŀŀỳ běțẅěěňpěǿpŀě įň țħě șǻmě ǿffįčě.

Mș. Ģřěțțųm įňșįșțș ǿň ẅěěķŀỳ čħěčķ-įň čǻŀŀș, ěmǻįŀįňģ ǻ břįěf ǻģěňđǻ įň ǻđvǻňčě.“Șǿměțįměș țħě mǻňǻģěř įș řųňňįňģ țħřǿųģħ ǻň ǻįřpǿřț ǿř ẅǻŀķįňģ țħřǿųģħ ĦǿměĐěpǿț, bųț İ ħǿŀđ țħǻț țįmě șǻčřěđ,” șħě șǻỳș.

Řěmǿțě ẅǿřķěřș ǻňđ mǻňǻģěřș ǻřě ųșįňģ mǿřě vįđěǿ čǻŀŀș șǿ țħěỳ čǻň șěě fǻčįǻŀěxpřěșșįǿňș ǻňđ ǿțħěř ňǿňvěřbǻŀ čųěș țħǻț ħěŀp įň șǿŀvįňģ přǿbŀěmș ǻňđ ǻvǿįđįňģmįșųňđěřșțǻňđįňģș. Țěǻmș țħǻț pěřfǿřm ẅěŀŀ ųșě vįđěǿčǿňfěřěňčįňģ mǿřě țħǻň ǿțħěřș,ǻččǿřđįňģ țǿ ǻ 2010 șțųđỳ ǿf 427 vįřțųǻŀ-țěǻm ěmpŀǿỳěěș ǻňđ mǻňǻģěřș bỳ ǾňPǿįňțČǿňșųŀțįňģ, įň Ňěẅ Ỳǿřķ.

Ǻț Ǻųțǿđěșķ, ẅħěřě 62% ǿf mǻňǻģěřș ħǻvě ǻț ŀěǻșț ǿňě řěmǿțě ěmpŀǿỳěě, ěmpŀǿỳěěșŀěǻřň țǿ mǻķě țħě měđįųm fįț țħě měșșǻģě. Ěmǻįŀ ǿř įňșțǻňț měșșǻģěș įș fįňě fǿř șħǻřįňģįňfǿřmǻțįǿň ǻňđ įđěǻș, șǻỳș İǻň Mįțčħěŀŀ, vįčě přěșįđěňț, ŀěǻřňįňģ ǻňđ đěvěŀǿpměňț, fǿřǺųțǿđěșķ. Vįđěǿ čǻŀŀș ǻňđ vįđěǿčǿňfěřěňčěș ǻřě běțțěř fǿř břǻįňșțǿřmįňģ ǿř přǿbŀěm-șǿŀvįňģ, ħě șǻỳș. Pěǿpŀě mǻķįňģ đįffįčųŀț đěčįșįǿňș ǿř řěșǿŀvįňģ čǿňfŀįčțș șħǿųŀđ měěțfǻčě țǿ fǻčě.

Ǻųțǿđěșķ, ǻ Șǻň Řǻfǻěŀ, Čǻŀįf., mǻķěř ǿf đěșįģň șǿfțẅǻřě, ǻŀșǿ țřǻįňș ěmpŀǿỳěěș țǿ ųșěǻčțįvě-ŀįșțěňįňģ șķįŀŀș đųřįňģ čǻŀŀș ǻňđ vįđěǿčǿňfěřěňčěș, pǻřǻpħřǻșįňģ ǻňđ řěpěǻțįňģ

‘ Ǻřřįvě ǻ fěẅ mǿměňțș ěǻřŀỳ fǿř țěŀěčǿňfěřěňčěș ẅįțħ čǿŀŀěǻģųěș. ‘İț’ș ǻ ģǿǿđǿppǿřțųňįțỳ țǿ șǿčįǻŀįżě ǻňđ șțǻřț čħǻțțįňģ.’ ’

—Jǻmįě Ģřěțțųm, ǻ țřǻįňįňģ ǻňđ přǿjěčț-mǻňǻģěměňț ěxěčųțįvě ẅħǿ ẅǿřķș fřǿm ǻħǿmě ǿffįčě įň Čħįčǿ, Čǻŀįf.,

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țħě șpěǻķěř’ș měșșǻģě țǿčǿňfįřm țħǻț țħěỳ ųňđěřșțǻňđ,ǻňđ ǻșķįňģ qųěșțįǿňș țǿ fįŀŀ įňbŀǻňķș, Mř. Mįțčħěŀŀ șǻỳș.Șųčħ șķįŀŀș ǻřě “mǿřě čřįțįčǻŀįň ǻ vįřțųǻŀ șěțțįňģ,” běčǻųșěpěǿpŀě țěňđ țǿ bě țǿųģħěř ǻňđmǿřě đįřěčț ẅħěň țħěỳ čǻň’țșěě ŀįșțěňěřș’ řěǻčțįǿňș, șǻỳșĐǻřŀěěň ĐěŘǿșǻ, ǻň ǻųțħǿřǻňđ ǾňPǿįňț mǻňǻģįňģpǻřțňěř ẅħǿ ẅǿřķș ẅįțħǺųțǿđěșķ ǿň įțș țřǻįňįňģ

přǿģřǻmș.

Fěǻř țħǻț ǻ řěmǿțě ẅǿřķěřįșň’ț řěǻŀŀỳ ẅǿřķįňģ țųřňșșǿmě bǿșșěș įňțǿmįčřǿmǻňǻģěřș ẅħǿ șěčǿňđ-ģųěșș șųbǿřđįňǻțěș ǿř pěșțěřțħěm fǿř ųpđǻțěș, șǻỳș ĿǻųřǻȘțǻčķ, ǻ Đěňvěř přǿđųčțįvįțỳčǿňșųŀțǻňț. Bǿșșěș șǿměțįměșjųđģě řěmǿțě ěmpŀǿỳěěș’ ẅǿřķmǿřě ħǻřșħŀỳ běčǻųșě țħěỳčǻň’ț șěě ěvěřỳțħįňģ țħǻț ģǿěșįňțǿ įț.

Țħě běșț ǻňțįđǿțě įș țǿ bųįŀđțřųșț. Șħǿẅ țħǻț ỳǿų’řě bǿțħ řěŀįǻbŀě ǻňđ ŀįķǻbŀě, șǻỳș Ħǻșșǻň Ǿșmǻň, Bǿșțǿň, ǻųțħǿř ǿf

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‘‘İț’ș ẅǻỳ țǿǿ ěǻșỳ țǿ ħǻvě ǻ mįșčǿmmųňįčǻțįǿň ẅħěň ỳǿų’řě șpěǻķįňģ țǿ șǿměǿňěřěmǿțěŀỳ. Ỳǿų đǿň’ț ħǻvě țħě fǻčě-țǿ-fǻčě čųěș țǿ pįčķ ųp ǿň.’ ’

—Pǻțřįčķ Ŀįňțǿň, čǿ-fǿųňđěř ǻňđ čħįěf ěxěčųțįvě ǿf ǻ Mǻňįŀǻ-bǻșěđ șțǻffįňģ fįřm.

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“İňfŀųěňčįňģ Vįřțųǻŀ Țěǻmș” ǻňđ ǻ ħǿmě-bǻșěđ mǻňǻģěř ǿf ǻ vįřțųǻŀ țěǻm fǿř ǻňěțẅǿřķįňģ čǿmpǻňỳ. Ǻŀẅǻỳș đěŀįvěř ǿň ẅħǻț ỳǿų přǿmįșě, ǿř mǻķě čřỳșțǻŀ-čŀěǻř ẅħỳỳǿų čǻň’ț.

Ųșě țħě ẅǿřđ “běčǻųșě” ẅħěň mǻķįňģ ǿř řěfųșįňģ ǻ řěqųěșț, Mř. Ǿșmǻň șǻỳș: Ěxpŀǻįňįňģỳǿųř řěǻșǿňș mǻķěș ǿțħěřș mǿřě ŀįķěŀỳ țǿ ěmpǻțħįżě ǻňđ ǻģřěě. Fǿř ěxǻmpŀě, șǻỳįňģ,“Jǿħň, İ ňěěđ țħě șțǻțųș řěpǿřț bỳ Țħųřșđǻỳ běčǻųșě İ ẅǻňț țǿ řěvįěẅ įț běfǿřě mỳměěțįňģ ẅįțħ țħě ěxěčųțįvě țěǻm ǿň Fřįđǻỳ,” řǻțħěř țħǻň fŀǻțŀỳ įmpǿșįňģ ǻ đěǻđŀįňě,mǻķěș Jǿħň mǿřě ŀįķěŀỳ țǿ đěŀįvěř ǿň țįmě, Mř. Ǿșmǻň șǻỳș.

Bě ųp-fřǿňț ẅħěň ǻččǿųňțįňģ fǿř čħǻňģěș įň ỳǿųř pŀǻňș, fǿř įňșțǻňčě, įf ỳǿų đǿň’ț đįǻŀįňțǿ ǻ țěŀěčǿňfěřěňčě ỳǿų ǻģřěěđ țǿ ǻțțěňđ. Pǻțřįčķ Ŀįňțǿň ģǻvě ħįș Ų.Ș.-bǻșěđ čŀįěňțșfřěqųěňț, đěțǻįŀěđ ųpđǻțěș ẅħěň ħě șěț ųp ǻ čǿňșųŀțįňģ țěǻm įň țħě Pħįŀįppįňěș șěvěřǻŀỳěǻřș ǻģǿ. Țħįș ħěŀpěđ țħěm ųňđěřșțǻňđ șųčħ įșșųěș ǻș, “Ẅħỳ įș ňǿbǿđỳ įň țħě ǿffįčěǻfțěř ǻ țỳpħǿǿň?” Mř. Ŀįňțǿň șǻỳș.

Ňǿẅ, ǻș čħįěf ěxěčųțįvě ǿffįčěř ǿf Bǿŀțǿň Řěmǿțě, ǻ șțǻffįňģ fįřm bǻșěđ įň Mǻňįŀǻ, ħě ħǻșħįș ěmpŀǿỳěěș țǻķě ňǿțěș ǿň pħǿňě čǻŀŀș ẅįțħ Ų.Ș. čŀįěňțș ǻňđ șěňđ ǻň ěmǻįŀ șųmmǻřỳfǿř čǿňfįřmǻțįǿň ŀǻțěř. “İț’ș ẅǻỳ țǿǿ ěǻșỳ țǿ ħǻvě mįșčǿmmųňįčǻțįǿň ẅħěň ỳǿų’řěșpěǻķįňģ țǿ șǿměbǿđỳ řěmǿțěŀỳ,” ħě șǻỳș.

Fǿřěẅǻřň țħě bǿșș ẅħěň fǻįŀųřěș ǿř ǿțħěř mįșħǻpș ŀǿǿm. Ňěģǻțįvě șųřpřįșěș ǻřěěșpěčįǻŀŀỳ ŀįķěŀỳ țǿ ẅǿřřỳ mǻňǻģěřș ẅħěň țħěỳ čǿmě fřǿm ěmpŀǿỳěěș ẅǿřķįňģ řěmǿțěŀỳ,șpǻřķįňģ ẅǿřřįěș ǻbǿųț ẅħǻț ěŀșě țħěỳ đǿň’ț ķňǿẅ, șǻỳș Mș. Șǿųțħěřș, ǻųțħǿř ǿf“Mǻňǻģįňģ Ỳǿųř Vįřțųǻŀ Bǿșș.”

Țǿ bųįŀđ ẅǻřm řěŀǻțįǿňșħįpș, řěmǿțě ẅǿřķěřș ǻŀșǿ mųșț mǻķě țįmě fǿř țħě ķįňđ ǿffřįěňđŀỳ șǿčįǻŀįżįňģ țħǻț ħǻppěňș ňǻțųřǻŀŀỳ įň țħě ǿffįčě, Mř. Ǿșmǻň șǻỳș. Ħě țǻķěș 5 țǿ10 mįňųțěș ǻț țħě běģįňňįňģ ǿf șțǻff měěțįňģș fǿř ěmpŀǿỳěěș țǿ șħǻřě pħǿțǿș ǻňđ țǻŀķ

‘‘İț’ș ǻŀẅǻỳș įmpǿřțǻňț țǿ ǻģřěě ǿň țħě ẅǿřķ přǿđųčț, țħě đěǻđŀįňěș ǻňđ ẅħǻț fǿřmǿf čǿmmųňįčǻțįǿň įș ěxpěčțěđ. Bųț țǿ mě țħě řěmǿțě ěmpŀǿỳěě ňěěđș țǿ ģǿ běỳǿňđțħǻț, ǻňđ bě bǿŀđ ǻbǿųț ěșțǻbŀįșħįňģ ěxpěčțǻțįǿňș ǻňđ ųňđěřșțǻňđįňģ ẅħǻț įțměǻňș țǿ bě ǻ țǿp pěřfǿřměř.’ ’

—Ħěčțǿř Mųňǿż, ǻ ģřǿųp ěxěčųțįvě đįřěčțǿř fǿř Ěřňșț & Ỳǿųňģ įň Břǻđěňțǿň, Fŀǻ.

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ǻbǿųț ẅěěķěňđ ǿųțįňģș ǿř fǻmįŀỳ vǻčǻțįǿňș.

Fřǿm ǻ Břǻđěňțǿň, Fŀǻ., ħǿmě ǿffįčě, Ħěčțǿř Mųňǿż șpěňđș țħě fįřșț 10 țǿ 15 mįňųțěș ǿfħįș ǿňě-ħǿųř ẅěěķŀỳ čǻŀŀș țǿ ħįș bǿșș įň Čħǻřŀǿțțě, Ň.Č., čǻțčħįňģ ųp ǿň pěřșǿňǻŀ mǻțțěřș,șųčħ ǻș ķįđș’ șǿččěř ģǻměș ǿř ǻģįňģ pǻřěňțș’ ħěǻŀțħ. Țħįș přěvěňțș țħě ẅěěķŀỳ čǻŀŀș fřǿmběčǿmįňģ “ǻ ŀįțțŀě měčħǻňįčǻŀ,” șǻỳș Mř. Mųňǿż, ěxěčųțįvě đįřěčțǿř ǿf bųșįňěșș-țřǻňșfǿřmǻțįǿň čǿňșųŀțįňģ fǿř Ěřňșț & Ỳǿųňģ. “İț čǿųŀđ bě řěđųčěđ țǿ, ‘Ħį, ħǿẅ ǻřě ỳǿų?Ħǿẅ’ș țħě ẅěǻțħěř? Ħěỳ, țħįș įș ẅħǻț İ ňěěđ ỳǿų țǿ đǿ.’ ”

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