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Thomas Knoll

Thomas Knoll

25 Aug 2010
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"Good leaders are people with a conscience who respect and reward all the four drives of other stakeholders [the drive to acquire, to defend, to bond, and to comprehend], even as they respect and reward their own drives."

[ via Paul R. Lawrence via The Drive to Acquire's Impact on Globalization — HBS Working Knowledge ]

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