Too often bosses, like generals, dislike being away from the heat of battle, and use their past heroic status to undermine their successors and lobby for their own return.

很多老板就像将军一样，不愿意离开战斗的激情，而且他们经常利用其英雄地位不知不觉地损害继任者，并为他们的返回找说辞。

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Too often bosses, like generals, dislike being away from the heat of battle, and use their past heroic status to undermine their successors and lobby for their own return.

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