CHAPTER 7
Building Teams
Executive Presence in Dynamic Interaction
Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
—VINCE LOMBARDI
The leadership team of a start-up research group inside a global medical devices company was meeting to review its list of pursuits. The eight scientists that gathered around the table were passionate about the mission to improve human health and were committed to bringing cutting-edge research to the organization. Each had hired his or her own exceptional group of talented, energetic researchers for discrete work streams. These young scientists represented the best and brightest, and they were motivated to make a difference.
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