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Decades of observations and wisdom have been boiled down into 33 concise leadership tips that Raytheon had printed into a 3½-by-6-inch booklet called Swanson’s UnWritten Rules of Management.

"The odds against success are astronomical, but Assemblymen Joe Canciamilla, D-Pittsburg, and Keith Richman, R-Northridge …are promoting an audacious scheme to create a "Citizens Assembly" and empower it to develop sweeping reforms in the way California