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But if you were to, by luck, find such a person — if you hired them, then #1 kicks in. Because the guy who can turn it around isn’t good at fighting internal BigCo political battles. He or she has no patience for it, and it’s not what they do well. It’s very easy for the Gundotra’s or Horowitz’s (who are the best at BigCo politics) to push them aside as trouble-makers or incompetent, one who doesn’t play well with others.