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by MarkBook 5813 days ago
"Have a Clearly Defined Leader: Everyone knows ... Tony Hsieh is the leader of Zappos"

I'm not sure but I may have heard of Zappos, I don't know what it does and I certainly never heard of Tony Hsieh.

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I think there's a part II to that piece of advice. The full version would be:

Have a clearly defined leader that is not an idiot.

Having a clearly defined leader that is an idiot has the opposite effect. The order of excellence in companies goes: brilliant leader, well managed group, idiot-narcissist in charge (in decreasing order of successfulness).