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Take your name off the door
“Name on the door, trouble in’t store.”
– Yorkshire expression
Watch any US TV show and you’ll know someone’s made it when they reach the corner office. They can measure their worth by carpet acreage and how far they can putt their executive golf balls on this hallowed turf.
But the moment you make that move into your sound proofed citadel is the moment problems will start.
A journalist was comparing the success of UK supermarkets. As he visited each he was faced with the standard protocol used by big companies of having to navigate his way through an intimidating corporate fortress, clambering around various minions before encountering the liege lord or lady.
His final stop was Tesco. After a long drive out ...
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