The statements in the above paragraphs are appalling when viewed in the context of the contributions made by team decision-making in the last two decades. Perhaps this is the book's most noteworthy omission. Particularly at the executive level, where decisions can make or break the organization, greater collaboration should be the norm, not the exception. Of course they prefer to function this way. The single-leader, hierarchical model has been standard operating procedure all of this century.
People naturally prefer to behave as they have been trained.
To do otherwise is uncomfortable. We could make the same argument with respect to front-line workers who are asked to work in a team. The question arises then of the executive of the future. What about today's young people who are learning the fundamentals of collaboration in public schools. When one experiences the power of collaboration firsthand, it is not a lesson easily forgotten.