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Leaders Eat Last

Why some teams pull together and others fall apart

Sinek takes the Marine Corps custom of officers eating after their troops and turns it into a test. Do the people in your charge feel safe? He walks through the brain chemistry he says sits under cooperation and self-interest, then argues that a company laying people off at the first bad quarter teaches everyone to protect themselves rather than the work. Circle of Safety is the name for the goal. Stories and biology, not tactics.

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    Author · Start with WHY

    Written after Start with WHY to answer why some organizations hold together and others do not. A leader has to understand the organization's true purpose, he says, then use it in looking after the people in their charge.

    Source: simonsinek.com: Leaders Eat Last

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