Great Books Ep 4: The Crown or the Scrum: Comparing Direct and Autonomous Leadership Strategies

Is direct management better or giving autonomy to employees better? Shouldn't the world be moving towards an autonomous style?

Diomed looked sternly at him and said, “Hold your peace, my friend, as I bid you. It is not amiss that Agamemnon should urge the Achaeans forward, for the glory will be his if we take the city, and his the shame if we are vanquished. Therefore let us acquit ourselves with valour.”

~ The Iliad - Book 4 (Samuel Butler Translation. p28 / v411)

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