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Managers must address problems head-on, ex-Lilly chief says.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| May 01, 2003 | Johnson, Cecil | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Cecil Johnson

``Put the Moose on the Table: Lessons in Leadership from a CEO's Journey Through Business and Life,'' by Randall Tobias with Todd Tobias (Indiana University Press, 279 pages, $24.95)

Before you can get a moose out of your living room, your office or your boardroom, you must shake yourself out of denial and admit that the big, antlered, ungainly, malodorous and ill-tempered beast is there.

"It's hard to imagine that everyone would carry on as if the moose simply didn't exist," says Randall Tobias, former chairman and chief executive of Eli Lilly, in his personal and professional memoir, ``Put the Moose on the Table.''

Tobias does not offer literal advice on moose removal. His subject is leadership. The moose is a metaphor ...

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