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Why 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobs
Evan Carmichael

A short clip of Steve Jobs arguing that the best people are self-managing and that professional managers who cannot do the work add little. He says leadership is about a shared vision.
Cited in threads on management, hiring and company culture for Jobs's views on self-managing people and small, self-policing core teams.
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