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Russian Roulette at the Top

Until now, all the stories I’ve told and advice I’ve given in this book have been directed at you, the individual manager, who wants to hire the best people possible and help them to further excel. But I would also like to improve the collective people decisions we all make in our organizations and societies. It’s hard for you to be a good manager without support from your own boss; she can’t be a good one without help from hers; and so on up the line all the way to the CEO.

As I mentioned before, there are huge differences in the outcomes generated by the best and worst corporate leaders. In the Morten T. Hansen, Herminia Ibarra, and Urs Peyer analysis that identified Jeff Bezos and Roger Agnelli as two of the ...

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