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Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them. It was one of the things that the PARC group admired most about Bob Taylor. Interestingly, Tom West fought hard for his Eagle group at Data General but chose not to tell them, reasoning that it would only distract them from the project. As a result, some of his

But he had a fixed mindset about himself and his coaching ability. The team was his product, and they had to prove his ability every time out.

Among Kelly Johnson’s strengths was a sure grasp of what mattered to his people and what didn’t. Most of them were engineers and tinkerers who hated paperwork, which he cut to an absolute minimum.

Expertise-based practices, as a generalization, tend to be based in a single location relying on the development of a national or regional reputation to attract clients.

The team philosophy at McKinsey, one senior partner explained to me, is illustrated by its approach to project work: “As a young individual consultant, you learn that your job is to hold your own: You can rest assured that the team will win. All you’ve got to do is do your part.”