The limits to the lessons of army leadership
Life in uniform is very different from life in suits
ONE OF THE all-time-great corporate emails was sent several years ago, by a manager at Shell to pep up a team of oil engineers on a project in the far east of Russia. “Personally, I, like most others, love winning,” he raved. “I despise cowards and play to win all of the time.”
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Into battle they don’t go”
Business October 30th 2021
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