ally beyond their talents. "Exploitive" managers, on the other hand, are a different breed entirely. Typically, the exploitive manager sets out to use, abuse and manipulate others to satisfy his own ends. Everything and everyone are targets for a raid. People should be squeezed for all they are worth, and their value is judged according to their potential for exploitation. "Hoarding" managers believe in leaving things the way they are. Orderly, supercautious and methodical, the hoarder is not concerned as much with acquiring more status as he is with sitting tight and keeping what he already has. Very little in the way of new thinking is likely to come from this type of person. He frequently dominates his own people. His ideal is an orderly company with a place for everyone and everyone in his place. "Marketing" leaders/managers are quite common in American business today. This type of executive expresses himself as a commodity, not as a person. If he is successful, then he feels worthy. If he is not, he feels worthless. He will say and do
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