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Treacherous Terrain

The corner office has too many pitfalls, but building relationships with key stakeholders may help when the going gets tough

I had mixed feelings after going through Crash, penned by a prolific writer with vast industry exposure. Books on leadership come a dime a dozen and they usually fall in two categories. The pedantic ones, written by academicians (like me), belabour platitudinous points. Others, often written by practising managers, narrate and sermonise strategy success or shortfall and turf wars. This book is neither. The author's

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