Mike what a great article! I had a very similar reaction to the "Benevolent Dictators" article when I read it. I just recently within the last  year chewed my arm off to get out of a secure and lucrative position underneath a dictator.  George seems to forget that some of us in the working world do not live for the all mighty paycheck and the thought of being ever so gracious that someone in there infinite benevolence has granted us some money for our time will not suffice. Forsaking the mule to carry more goods only means there is more than one jack-ass on the trip.

There have been so many other post that I mimic in feeling. The leadership style that George touts harks back to the "good ol days". The modern workforce is no longer willing to accept direction from such an antiquated stance. Employees feel isolated and feel a reduced sense of value under tyranny style leadership. Employees working under that regime  will do two things well. 1) Just enough not to get fired 2) Leave in droves to find something or someone else to help them fill the void and a sense of value they deserve.