chapter 40

Succeed together: no more lone heroes

If you watch the movies, the lone hero or heroine saves the world with routine regularity. And, if you have the misfortune to read autobiographies of famous business leaders, you will discover how they personally built great business empires that changed the world and changed their bank balance. The autobiographies are as fictional as the movies. In the real world, success is always a team effort. Even in individual sports such as tennis, you will find the best players have a small back-up army to help with coaching, diet, fitness, endorsements and logistics.

The essence of management has always ...

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