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The Right People
in the Room
I
n one of my many strategic meetings at one of America’s
largest companies, a young lady presented what I consider
one of the most important pieces of advice I have ever
received about positioning.
At the end of a presentation, she came over and offered
congratulations on what she thought was an excellent piece of
thinking.
But then she startled me by saying that I would never sell
any of my positioning ideas. When I asked why, she replied
with a simple but brilliant observation: “You’ll never have the
right people in the room.”
She went on to explain that the top people don’t go to
meetings like this. And powerful ideas always ...