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The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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Tony Blair's Principles for Building a Team
Blair had a remarkable vision and people sort of play down the vision thing. It's crucially important for a politician, as George Bush Sr. revealed in the end,. not having the vision thing, his downfall. I remember Tony complaining to me that the government machine felt like a Rolls Royce parked just outside Dining Street - he was never allowed to have the keys. And I certainly managed to rub up the wrong way with Richard Wilson, the second cabinet secretary after Robin left. We had trouble integrating the government machine properly but we finally worked out how to do that.
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