Sourav Ganguly Building the 2003 Indian Team
Sourav Ganguly inherited a talented but fractured Indian cricket team and turned it into a World Cup finalist by building trust before results. Here is what his captaincy teaches every manager about the Team Capabilities trait on the EQ side of the Winning Kite.
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