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Article: CORPORATE TYRANTS FALL HARD.(Business)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- May 25, 1997
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Byline: Al Lewis Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
The high-strung chief executive sat like a pontiff at the head of a giant U-shaped table, doling out orders to 40 wary subordinates.
He screamed, pointed, even threw wads of paper as he passed from one executive to the next, demanding results without granting his underlings much time to achieve them.
It is a scene that replays itself all too often in corporations and small businesses, says Blaine Lee, author of The Power Principle. But in a global economy where companies must vie for the best minds, the age of the tyrant is fast coming to an end.
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