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151. Voices of CEO excellence: Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman

Inside the Strategy Room

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How Do You Put the Very Best People Into Key Roles?

I was in a conversation on talent with Sandi Ogge and he told me a story about particularly in the private equity world when you look at your portfolio companies. What does it take to make a great football team? It takes a great general manager, a great coach and a great quarterback. Those are the pivotal roles that ultimately drive success. They can figure out who else to hire in the rest of it, but those people make it happen.

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