"Before you can ever inspire, motivate, or influence, you must connect first."
"Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence."
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Source: Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs by Greg Smith, www.nytimes.com. March 14, 2012.
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