Leading Leaders
How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and Powerful People
Editorial Review
The challenge of leading leaders arises in a multiplicity of situations and contexts in modern life, but it is particularly present in managing high-talent organizations which have high concentrations of persons whose level of education, skill, wealth, and influence are substantially above the average of the general population.
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Wisdom to Share
Your goal in a strategic conversation is not to gain agreement form persons you lead, but to gain their genuine commitment to act for the benefit of the organization.
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