RULE 3

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Nurture community in the workplace.

—PLATO

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Well-functioning corporate communities and positive group sentiment are the foundation of the modern workplace. They gather and focus the energies and resources of business organizations in the pursuit of institutional goals. Yet the skills involved in creating these communities are rarely stressed in business schools or textbooks. These cooperative units do not arise spontaneously. They tend to be uniquely related to the talents of the leader.

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