Hickory 101: Lesson 6 explores how real leadership is forged under pressure, comparing high-performance kitchens to civic systems. It defines command presence, emotional control, accountability, and ownership as the core disciplines Hickory must recover to stabilize institutions and restore functional governance.
Leadership under pressure
Ownership vs. blame culture
Emotional control in crisis
Command presence vs. positional authority
Civic systems as production systems
Workplace dysfunction and burnout
Behavioral discipline under stress
Sequencing, workflow, and accountability failures
Leadership, command presence, civic leadership, accountability, emotional control, workplace dysfunction, blame culture, operational discipline, production systems, Hickory NC, stoicism, crisis leadership, behavioral standards, institutional failure, ownership mindset
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