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“An Embarrassing Moment In Cricket Taught Me How To Lead,” Says WD-40 CEO Steve Brass
The memory still makes Steve Brass squirm. Growing up in Yorkshire, England, where Brass says, “the humans were outnumbered by the sheep 2-to-1,” Brass was made captain of his school cricket team. Only 15 years old and having no experience with leadership to speak of, Brass assumed that the captain was supposed to play the lead role on the field, so he put himself in as a starter at all the most desirable positions. At one point in the match, an adult sidled up to Brass and suggested that, just perhaps, he ought to let some of his teammates “have a go.”