A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates.
-David Allen
A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates.
-David Allen
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I prefer this revision …
“A successful executive is one that re-defines problems such that the solutions that his or her team come up with are more valuable to the company than they would have been otherwise.”
Allen’s version is better.