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"Kill \'em with kindness." Or at least that\'s how the saying goes.  In today\'s emotionally charged environment, we\'re seeing more of a shift away from the "get it done" attitude toward leaders who constantly worry about offending people.  Many times this applies to the relationship between a boss and his subordinates, but mostly it shows itself in a manager\'s relationship with those people he has decided it\'s most important to please.  Instead of focusing on the task at hand, we see all manner of fawning prostration as they try to make people like them.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gunthrek.com/2021/08/26/the-rise-of-the-catering-boss/