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People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.
People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.
Approximate author period: c. 1986 AD · modern
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- Howard Schultz
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- Approximate author period: c. 1986 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Howard Schultz: documented activity in 1986. Wikidata Q472330, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472330 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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