11 Watch Out: Pressure Undermines Collaboration
Imagine that you’re the CEO of Raytheon, the $29 billion defense contractor. The US State Department has just informed you that your company is out of compliance with both the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. You’ve also been told that you have only seventeen weeks to meet the relevant export-import control obligations—or else lose your right to sell defense products internationally.1 At the risk of understatement, this is a huge deal.
What do you do?
The simple answer is, you turn to your team of in-house experts and external advisers to get you out of trouble—in a hurry! But when it comes to collaboration, high-pressure situations can be a double-edged ...
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