Officers, including Newstrom, get surprise visits twice a year. During training, anyone found collaborating on answers to test questions is immediately fired. We want to be the largest corporation in the world with family values. Saylor, too, speaks reverently of company ethics. I don't want you in the company.
Loyalty is a vital part of the ethics agenda.
Saylor's impressed with Microsoft's No. 2, Steve Ballmer, as opposed to other executives who casually move from company to company when a better offer appears. The people who sign on early and stay devoted to building a company are Saylor's ideal. Saylor says that unless he's retired, look for him at the helm of MicroStrategy. And, he maintains, if the people at the top aren't willing to go down with the ship, the whole company's in trouble. Turning English Majors Into Techies Retraining is one tool EDS and MicroStrategy use to solve the workforce problem.