Cloutier: "I'm a big proponent of the "just view me as god" school of management."  You MUST be kidding.  Mike, I first saw this article last week and I was stunned. My first thought was to reply in a blog post - but I decided to let it stew over the long weekend. Glad I did! I enjoyed reading your reply much more than I would have enjoyed producing my own!
As long as tyrants can be successful in business, there will always be someone like Cloutier to volunteer to be that tyrant.