The Pursuit of WOW/Peters 34-35

35 ...I've seen a lot of fast-track men and women have their dreams dashed because they left a trail of (rightfully) resentful folks in their condescending wake.

The little people will get even, which is one of a thousand reasons why they are not little people at all. If you're a jerk as leader, you will be torpedoed.

Your intelligence--as leader, consultant, investment banker, securities analyst--will, in general, be directly proportional to the number and depth of your relationships with folks six levels "down", who have access to the real data, unexpurgated.