The Onion Effect
Recent comments by deposed Enron leader Ken Lay that he didn’t know what his underlings were doing shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the law of attraction. The leaders of Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, and every other company, for that matter, are going to attract others in their organization with values similar to their own. I think you can prove this with what I call the onion effect. Peel back the layers of a company, and at the center is the core . . . the values of the company. More specifically, the core of the company consists of the values of the senior executives.
If the core values are of trust, honesty, kindness, diversity, dignity, and respect, then this group will attract other leaders with those same ...
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