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Jeffrey Pfeffer Quotes: Your most important task as a leader is to teach people how to think and ask the right questions so that the world doesn't go to hell if you take a day off.
         

Your most important task as a leader is to teach people how to think and ask the right questions so that the world doesn't go to hell if you take a day off.


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