Well said that you can lead through fear or respect.

I remain amazed that these "tyrants" think they're the only ones smart enough to do what it will take for the organization to succeed. But miraculously, they're smart enough to run a company but they're not smart enough to help their employees understand the goal in a way that encourages them to achieve the organizations goals and their own best interests at the same time!  So you can own a company and be a genius, knowing the best way to do everything, but you can't convince all those dumb people who work for you, so you have to scare them or run them off.  If the owner's so smart, why can he or she convince all of the rest of us how great our lives will be when we've made them wealthy?

Mike...