In this episode Danny Murphy talks with Dick Erickson about why top managers aren’t always the key to business success — it’s the team players. Dick argues that great leaders place the right people in the right roles, train them, then get out of their way so they can excel.

They connect these ideas to teamwork in sports and the military, and explain how profit sharing motivates people to work together. Dick Erickson’s book Profit Sharing in the Real World is highlighted as a practical guide.