He has impressed Mr Dimon, who abhors yes men, by standing his ground when they disagree.
It is dangerous to read the work of people who agree with you and surround yourself with yes men.
How does a CEO portray himself as a big fan of teamwork while maintaining a team of yes men?
Within hours, talk circulated on Twitter that he was a member of the Yes Men, a collective of pranksters.
Greenpeace and the Yes Men knew all this and went ahead anyway.
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It looks a lot like bosses just surround themselves with yes men.
We're Greenpeace and the Yes Men, and we're ready to sit down with Shell any time to debate the ethics of Arctic drilling.
But Shell and its sympathizers would like people to talk about Greenpeace and the Yes Men rather than what the company is doing in the Arctic.
Many sympathize with the intent of the Greenpeace-Yes Men protest.
Violators of this habit only want yes men and women.
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Such was the case recently when The Yes Men spoofed GE in and effort to draw attention to the fact that the company did not pay U.S. taxes this year.
If the Shell Oil hoax is determined by a court to violate a law (such as trademark infringement), Greenpeace and the Yes Men should man up, accept the verdict and pay the appropriate penalty.
So the Yes Men and US Uncut not only benefitted from the timing of their stunt (just days before the Tax Day weekend) but the anti-corporate sentiment that had been stirring in certain precincts in the progressive community.
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Before these changes, the only criticism of boards that was taken seriously was that they were hand-picked yes-men (plus a few yes-women), chosen largely for their docility and willingness to pay the boss a fortune.
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Emotionally over-invested professionals will either avoid counsel or surround themselves with legions of yes-men.
And he surrounded himself with similarly one-dimensional strategists such as General Franks and yes-men like General Myers.
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Yes, men and women are investing more heavily and restlessly in their early careers and having children later.
All five slid out of my circle of friends as more and more yes-men began closing a new circle in around them.
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Within two years of taking office Mr Chiluba was criticised for surrounding himself with "yes-men", with too little attention paid to opposition concerns.
In general, it refers to men (yes, almost always men) who labor in creative and financial independence from name-brand watch companies owned by LVMH, Richemont and Swatch (think Piaget, Cartier, Vacheron Constantin).
But just 20 men (and, yes, they are all men) are the gatekeepers to this lucrative realm.
This doesn???t mean boards should be comprised of ???yes??? men and women.
Yes, there were men and women who bemoaned the death of dating.
Yes, there were wonderful men who did the same, especially early in my career when there were no women business leaders, but there were always women .
And, yes, I suppose young men CAN be beautiful.
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The result is a musical that plays like a cross between "The Full Monty" and "Twelve Angry Men" (yes, one of the contestants turns out to be a bigot).
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