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NES, Teresa Broyles-Aplin, and What the Ice Storm Really Revealed About Leadership Branding
The Tennessean / USA Today — March 9, 2026
The calls for Teresa Broyles-Aplin's resignation after Winter Storm Fern were loud and fast. But the failure that led to that moment did not begin the night the ice hit Nashville's power lines. It began years earlier — in the way her leadership was positioned, communicated, and trusted before a crisis ever arrived. This is a story about leadership infrastructure. And what happens when it is missing.
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