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All the great organizations have great managers at all levels who recognize where their culture is getting stronger and where it is getting weaker. There are always reasons why.

Marcus Buckingham

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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Organizations
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