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People don't leave companies, they leave bosses. Do you agree with this statement? Select an example of an individual leaving an organization because of a superior. Analyze the situation. Imagine you are the C.E.O.; what steps would you have taken to increase job satisfaction in this instance?

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I agree entirely with this statement. In fact, I left the Walt Disney Company in large part due to the incompetence of my manager (called "leaders" at WDTC). In fact, this tends to happen all the time in business. We consistently see that employees who like their jobs, co-workers, superiors, etc will tend to stay with an employer even if they might be making less money than they would at another company doing the same thing. In my particular situation, I was well ...

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