“This is the game you must play. Do whatever you can to preserve unity of command. Keep the strings to be pulled in your hands the over arching strategic vision must come from you and you alone. At the same time hide your tracks. Work behind the scenes, make the group feel involved in your decisions. Seek their advice, incorporating their good ideas, politely deflecting their bad ones. If necessary make minor cosmetic strategy changes to assuage the insecure political animals in the group but ultimately trust your own vision. Remember the dangers of group decisions making. The first rule of effective leadership is never relinquish your unity of command.”