The Solo Flier Often these are strong individual contributors who are very good at executing their initiatives—Solo Fliers not only deliver the bacon, they cut and wrap it as well. They are self-starting, self-contained, multitalented achievement dynamos. But when they get promoted into managerial positions, they have difficulty building and leading teams and revert to either micromanaging or trying to do the work themselves. Their teams become dissatisfied and eventually there’s a coup d’état. The way they operate can be summed up when they communicate to others, either verbally or
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