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Fri 01 Jan 2009In the game of business, you play to win
MANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT:DICK LEHANE always liked to recruit staff for EMC straight out of school or college, "before they picked up bad habits". Failing that, he tended to favour candidates who excelled at team sports.
"A sports background was certainly seen as a premium attribute. People who played sports were regarded as generally more rounded individuals, more likely to succeed in a high-pressure environment - and EMC was certainly that," he says.
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