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Managing Through the Growth Cycle

Redefinition is hard, and sometimes it is surprising. Who would have believed that Michael Jordan, perhaps the best athlete on the planet for a while, would have floundered as he did when he tried to redefine his sports career by moving from basketball to baseball? After Jordan signaled an end to his ill-fated baseball career, Sports Illustrated crowed:

Granted, he looks good in a baseball uniform. Granted, he is the greatest basketball player who has ever lived…. But this much is clear: Michael Jordan has no more business patrolling right field in Comiskey Park than Minnie Minoso has bringing the ball upcourt for the Chicago Bulls. The single most impressive thing Jordan has done on a baseball ...

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