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LEAN OPERATIONS CEO Maintains Hands-On Style.(MANAGING FOR SUCCESS)(EXECUTIVE BRIEFING)

Investor's Business Daily

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Byline: Peter Benesh

David Blair keeps his company lean. The chief executive of HealthExtras runs the firm with just 130 people, 15 of whom handle sales.

HealthExtras has two business lines. It's a pharmacy benefits manager for modest-size employer groups. It's also a supplemental health and disability insurer.

Blair says he maintains a "hands-on management style."

With such a tight-knit company, "you have to take a hands-on approach when you're growing as quickly as we are."

Said Blair, "I do a little bit of ...

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