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The Phoenix Encounter Method: Lead Like Your Business Is on Fire!
by Ian C. Woodward, V. “Paddy Padmanabhan, Sameer Hasija, Ram Charan
October 2020
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 2m
English
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CHAPTER 4
THE PHOENIX ATTITUDE
We met Simon Draper in 2017 when he was the new CEO of an Asian bottle-gas distribution business operating in a region with a growing economy and local preference for gas cooking. Simon felt fairly sure he had the “right stuff” for success: a low-cost supply relationship with one of the world’s biggest oil majors, countrywide logistics, and recent improvements in margins and returns thanks to cost-cutting initiatives. Going into his Encounter, Simon felt he had little need to do anything different. His attitude was perhaps overconfident. ...
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