Chapter 1. Autonomous Securities, LLC

Nathan Patterson walked out of his annual retrospective meeting with a great feeling. Sure, the bonus he knows he will see in his next paycheck is nice, especially in today’s economy. But what made him feel even better was the amazing sense of accomplishment he felt turning around his once underperforming organization. It was this time last year that his job was on the line. What had happened in the course of the past year that made things so drastically different?

At last year’s retrospective, Nathan’s group had missed all project completion milestones at Autonomous Securities. What puzzled Nathan was that he personally hired the entire team and, without a doubt in his mind, knew that his employees were ...

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