"I was raised under the Boss, and with the Boss there's no excuses, " he said.
Some employees go a step further and pursue a romantic relationship with the boss.
That, plus a rock solid relationship with the boss, has been enough to win him the job.
Their new selling points are sandwiches with the boss, opportunities for advancement, flexible working hours and more holiday time.
"To be fair, I also gave employees the right to sign up with the boss of their choice, " says Kim.
Actual plan implementation is delegated to managers with the boss periodically meeting to monitor progress and modify the plan as circumstances change.
They are a unique opportunity to socialize with colleagues, enjoy a glass of champagne with the boss, and eat until your pants no longer fit.
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Just don't go out hunting with the boss straight after work.
If you're honest with your boss, you don't have to worry about a slip of the tongue or an unexpected run-in with the boss foiling your alibi.
Moreover, she is a direct contrast to office manager Joan Holloway, who's reached the top of the administrative ladder by sleeping with the boss and lying about her age.
That is just as well, as Warburg bankers were expected to work longer hours than their rivals, even to take weekend strolls around Belgravia to chew over strategy with the boss.
Even recently hired executives can benefit from locking horns with the boss, provided they choose battles wisely, keep their cool and build a compelling case that boosts their superior's reputation, leadership experts say.
But in the run-up to the conference, with the boss of GCHQ issuing dire warnings about the mounting dangers from cyber-attacks, it seemed the focus would be on the fears rather than the hopes.
Juan Manuel Santos, a former defence minister, and two other close allies of Mr Uribe have been poised for weeks to declare their candidacies, but only if that does not mean competing with the boss.
The result seems to be that incompetent chief executives in large companies are rarer than they were in 1990 when, says Mr Grundfest, there were somewhere between ten and 20 companies in the Fortune 100 where institutional investors were seriously discontented with the boss.
The two managers were at loggerheads on the touchline during the game, with the Arsenal boss complaining to the fourth official that Hughes had left his technical area.
He becomes the second Premiership player to fall out with Toshack following Robbie Savage's public spat with the Wales boss.
Hodgson included several youngsters in a side which earned a hard-fought point at Napoli, with the Reds boss having left Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Raul Meireles and Lucas Leiva back home ahead of the Premier League game against Blackburn at Anfield on Sunday.
Lord Mandelson spoke after a meeting with the Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld.
But Wenger took exception and the pair confronted each other, with the Arsenal boss appearing to push Pardew before they were pulled apart.
Mr Nasser was up in front of the congressmen with Masatoshi Ono, the boss of Firestone in America (Firestone is part of Japan's Bridgestone Corporation).
With the approval of her boss, the shadow transport minister, Theresa Villiers, has warned any companies pitching for the work that they will not be compensated if her party forms the next government.
The woman, who admitted to being drunk, briefly returned to the lodge and the only person there was Cowan, who was also spending the night at a chalet along with another boss at the company.
Certainly, when Salomon Brothers, an investment bank, was acquired last September by Travelers, a financial conglomerate, many on Wall Street suspected that the deal had more to do with the considerable ego of Sandy Weill, the boss of Travelers, than with commercial logic.
The outdoor temperature had fallen below freezing, but Mr. Tamm was dressed in just a pair of shorts and a white floppy hat with the words "Sauna Boss" embroidered across the front.
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He says "daylighting" can fill aspirations with the cooperation of a boss, but warns of the toll it could take.
News Corporation executives speak with bemusement or despair of the boss's obsession with what goes in his papers, down even to the placement of stories.
The decision to part with the former Stoke City boss, 54, comes in the wake of Tuesday's 3-2 home defeat by Bury, which left the Alex 15th in League Two.
Since then Hodgson has taken over the reins at Anfield with the former Fulham boss saying he hoped he could hang onto his star players.
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