The valleys pose particular problems, with their legacy of ill-health, low skill levels and low employment activity rates, but there are also concentrations of poverty along the North Wales coastline, in south Pembrokeshire and in parts of Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.

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It focused on eight different skill areas to measure leadership capability: initiating activity and deciding, supporting and cooperating, interacting with and presenting to others, analyzing and interpreting data, creating and conceptualizing ideas, organizing and executing plans, adapting and coping with others, and finally, performing and achieving.

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Mauboussin contends a pattern of inconsistency in an activity points to outcomes that are largely a result of luck, not skill.

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