I'm beginning to think the view is a predisposition of hierarchical organizational structures that we must endeavor to correct or at least understand enough to avoid its reinforcement. I'll look forward to the other comments. Lauren Response 3, Part 2 From Lauren Patch Tom - A couple of other thoughts for the gentleman. Consider the man for whom Venky's friend has now chosen to work. I would argue that even the best of his attributes that we are given have to do with style, and thus are management attributes, not leadership attributes.
Leaders have to know when to change the style they use, to have folks follow.
If you only deploy a harsh and agressive style, it may seem to work in the boom times, because no one asks the tough questions when you are winning. But I wouldn't count on it's succeeding long term. The author of the scatological monkey fable reminds me of the ancient Greek leader Alcibiades. The story is told that Socrates once approached Alcibiades, to bring him into his intellectual and moral camp. It was initially Alcibiades' lust for raw, manipulative power that Socrates appealed to, arguing that the man would never amount to anything without philosophical assistance.