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You Don’t Have to Be the Boss to Change How Your Company Works

Harvard Business Review

Convincing a Google-sized workforce not to resist his ideas, let alone embrace his initiatives, was a huge challenge for Brian—who was not the boss, didn’t lead a huge coalition among those he was trying to influence, and couldn’t horse trade to compel their cooperation. The Power of Baby Steps.