5 What Do I Get Stuck to?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003157458-5

What I am referring to…is not so much the object used as the use of the object

D. W. Winnicott1

“When I was a child I depended on a bottle

Full grown I’ve been known to lean on a bottle”

The Avett Brothers “True Sadness”

Family-owned businesses create unique relationships with their employees. This was certainly true for Elizabeth. She was senior leader in a UK-based publishing house that was owned and operated by the same family for more than 60 years. While the company focused on developing first-rate content for readers, the leadership focused on developing first-rate people and colleagues. Elizabeth developed from a junior copy editor into an executive while with the company and ...

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