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To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, John Antioco was the eminently successful CEO of Blockbuster, the 800-pound gorilla of the video rental industry. Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Yet Semmelweis and Antioco had not only authority, but also had the facts on their side and were willing to risk their careers. They failed nonetheless.