Also, a staff of clones does not guarantee fluid teamwork. For example, if I were Michael Jordan starting a basketball team from scratch, I’d be glad to have one player like me, but I’d still need two or three taller, stronger players to man the front line and a smaller, lightning-quick player to feed me the ball. A basketball squad of five Michael Jordans, intriguing as it sounds, is surely a recipe for dysfunction. Most bosses are smart enough to know this and therefore resist the temptation to hire only mirror images of themselves. But that doesn’t mean the message sinks in completely.
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