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Why Employees Should Lead Themselves
THE ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, headquartered in New York City, is justly famous for the musical accomplishments of its 27 permanent members and the other musicians who fill in as needed. The orchestra has won a Grammy Award and performs a broad repertoire of classical music—ranging from Bach to Schönberg—to rave reviews worldwide. The group is also famous—it has been written up in case studies, organizational research, and the general press—for not having a conductor.1 It does have a managing director, currently Ronnie Bauch, whom I met at a conference on national intelligence organizations a few years ago. When Ronnie has been generous enough to speak to students at Stanford Business School, ...
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