What if the best leaders aren't the ones groomed for the role?

In The Accidental Leader, Paul Mugarura confronts the leadership industry's deepest assumptions: that credentials equal credibility, polish equals preparedness, and only the chosen few who have mastered them are fit to lead. Drawing from years of experience in high-stakes, high-visibility leadership roles, Paul invites us to reconsider what leadership really looks like in practice; not the theory, not the pipeline, but the real, often messy emergence of people who lead because they must.

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Aired January 28, 2026 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada.

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