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Shout Out Loud! (Trait #17, Exuberant)




Does your boss insist that you party?
Jack Welch does. Jack was my boss for five years in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Back in 2001, I interviewed Jack for the third time, who as Chairman and CEO of GE, had been my penultimate boss at CNBC. Here’s one of the last sound bites from that interview:
Hierarchy Sucks (Trait #11, Egalitarian)




Lou Dobbs’ Hierarchy
There’s nothing worse than watching someone use their station in life to demean those of lower status. Lou Dobbs did it when I was at CNN. Worse, he would skewer people in front of large office gatherings.