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  1. And if you look real clo­sely, right down near the very bot­tom of that hie­rarchy by the bot­tom of the floor, you’ll see the tiny little speck that is me.…oh, wait, that’s just a rat turd. Never mind.

  2. I’d have thought the pyra­mid was the other way around (as a socio­path is unli­kely to “net­work” well enough to be pro­mo­ted), but inte­res­tingly, middle mana­ge­ment stays the same…

  3. The only social lubri­cant more effec­tive than booze is psycho­tic self-absorption.
    For­tu­na­tely, some exe­cu­ti­ves are merely alcoholics.

  4. hahaha! well put!

  5. One of your best car­toons in a while. I love it.

  6. Great! Reminds me of my own less ele­gant take on orga­ni­sa­tions… http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/000211.php

  7. Then deter­mine how much your bills are every month. Inc­lude rent, mort­gage, uti­li­ties,
    cre­dit cards, child care, insu­rance and car pay­ments. These are your fixed costs — bills
    that must be paid every month. A debt con­so­li­da­tion com­pany can lower the mini­mum pay­ments
    on your cre­dit card bills and lump them in one con­ve­nient monthly pay­ment. Learn today if
    debt con­so­li­da­tion is right for you.

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  9. Thank you!

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  1. […] explains 3 types of roles that you encoun­ter in any cor­po­rate envi­ron­ment, accor­ding to Hugh Mac­Leod (whose work I am a huge fan […]

  2. […] Or The Office Accor­ding to “The Office”. The ini­tial pre­mise is Hugh Macleod’s car­toon on the com­pany hie­rarchy, which often eli­cits a chuc­kle when I show it to others. The entire article is well worth […]

  3. […] say you are about to embark on a risky pivot for your com­pany. The way fabled socio­paths of the Ger­vais Prin­ci­ple make sure no poten­tial fai­lure sullies their repu­ta­tion is through the art […]

  4. […] sec­tion of the books­tore.  The theory begins with Hugh MacLeod’s well-known car­toon, Com­pany Hie­rarchy (below), and its cor­ners­tone is something I will call The Ger­vais Prin­ci­ple, which super­se­des both […]

  5. […] busi­ness sec­tion of the books­tore.  The theory begins with Hugh MacLeod’s well-known car­toon, Com­pany Hie­rarchy (below), and its cor­ners­tone is something I will call The Ger­vais Prin­ci­ple, which super­se­des both […]

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