I was in the military in the late 1960s – early 1070s. We learned that the interests of the group were most important than the interests of individuals. That has always stuck with me.

When I was an associate and partner in law firms for almost thirty years, I learned that clients are the firm’s clients, not the individual’s client. We hammered home the practice that letters and documents should be signed on behalf of the firm, and not on the individual’s behalf.

My point is that we can teach people to place their personal interests behind the interests of the whole. And yet, I was a leader of my firm by sitting in the background, and

More recently, I learned that the Quaker religion conducts meetings, where the church members or Friends sit in a room and no one says anything for a while. Eventually, a view or position emerges, and it is gradually modified or altered in phases, until it emerges as a consensus amongst the participants. I found the process fascinating. You might visit the following, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers, especially the Section on Decision Making among Friends.

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