Control freaks don't delegate because they're afraid the people around them will not rise to the occasion.

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The writer, an attorney and a former CIA director, was ambassador, delegate or adviser in five U.S.-Soviet arms control negotiations.

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The writer, an attorney and former CIA director, was ambassador, delegate or adviser in five U.S.- Soviet arms control negotiations between 1969 and 1991.

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While working his way up through the ranks of the Navy, Secretary Lehman held a variety of positions including: President of the Abington Corporation, delegate to the Mutual Balanced Force Reductions negotiations and Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

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He has served as staff member to Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council, as delegate to the Force Reductions Negotiations in Vienna and as deputy director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

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Katie Taylor, the CEO of hotel brand Four Seasons, recently admitted to me that she is a bit of a control freak, but for the good of her and everyone around her, she tries to delegate.

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