I hope that my book, The Alpha Factor, will help make it more likely that such top leadership might become sought after. It is most certainly the path to greater profit, wealth generation, and prosperity for everyone in an organization and supplying that organization.

Of course, assuming a culture that doesn’t support those actions, such a manager wouldn’t be hired in the first place. If one does slip in the problem should be dealt with immediately.

That is exactly what I see over and over again. Instead of seeing the “cream rise to the top” (to quote an old phrase), it most often runs out the door. We had a comment last week about that suggesting that the problem was one of a badly planned mentoring program. I wonder, however, if there are any larger publicly-held companies that have an answer to middle managers who drive off good talent by their own fears and restrictive management approach.

Something I learned working in one Fortune 100 and one Fortune 500 corporation is that few have the power to say, “Yes.” Everyone has the power to say, “No.” Middle managers use that power often.

Thanks for the comment!