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             Medtronic is a leader in medical technology.
             However, it is so much more. The company provides

             lifelong solutions for patients with chronic pain, and
             it also manufactures prosthetic valves for use in
             hearts. Each day, Medtronic employees take their
             places on a sophisticated line of production and
             assembling stations and produce cutting-edge

             components to precise specifications.
               The shifts are long. The work is tedious. There is
             no room for error. Yet Medtronic retains employees

             at a remarkable rate while maintaining high morale
             in its workforce. Recently, United retained Dr. Scott
             Cawood, a business consultant with ModernThink
             Consulting, who knows how a company’s culture


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