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| The third applicant took one hand and swept all of the sand from the desktop into the palm of his other hand. Unfazed, the manager asked, “//Which one did you choose?//”. The confident applicant proclaimed “//I’m a team player, and I assume that I will be assigned a team. So I’ll have my team evaluate these opportunities to select the best one.//” | The third applicant took one hand and swept all of the sand from the desktop into the palm of his other hand. Unfazed, the manager asked, “//Which one did you choose?//”. The confident applicant proclaimed “//I’m a team player, and I assume that I will be assigned a team. So I’ll have my team evaluate these opportunities to select the best one.//” |
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| The manager replied, “//Delegating authority to others does not relieve you of responsibility. You were asked to perform a simple task. To choose a grain of sand. Yet, you were so fearful of being held accountable for making a mistake, that you chose not to choose.//” | The manager replied, “//Delegating authority to others does not relieve you of responsibility. You were asked to perform a simple task. To choose a single grain of sand. Yet, you were so fearful of being held accountable for making a mistake, that you chose not to choose.//” |
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