A consultant was told by a manager in a paint factory
about his boss - "I do not trust him, nor does he
anyone else. He says one thing to your face and another behind your back.
He doesn't actually lie, but he deals in half truths".
Here was a men dedicated totally to self advancement. This boss,
when confronted by the consultant, dismissed leadership as
'kidology' and added "why should I tell the truth
to my people on the way up, when I do not intend to come down again."
This is an example from an enterprise in the UK, but
the whole world is getting a large number of such
self centred 'climbers'. In the long run, they are doing a great deal of
damage to their enterprises because of their lack
of character.