Picking the right one…
Every leader benefits
enormously from having a wingman, a partner who can be counted on to counsel,
goad, provoke, listen, and on and on. Several months ago, we met a CEO who had one main
complaint about his job. It wasn't foreign competition or fickle consumers. No,
it was loneliness. "I make every decision by myself," he moaned.
"That's
nuts!" was our immediate reply. "You can't run the place that way!"
Every leader needs a team, and every leader
benefits enormously from having a wingman, a partner who can be counted on to
counsel, goad, provoke, listen, and on and on.
It's
true in business, and it's true in politics. A great person in the No. 2 spot
can make the person at No. 1 decidedly stronger, smarter and more effective.
By Jack and Suzy
Welch - July 5, 2012 10:43
AM ET
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