You’ve heard it said that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. A very wise young friend of mine once corrected that statement for me by explaining that the better explanation is in fact that power attracts the corruptible.

I believe that he was right, and there’s no shortage of those who are attracted to power, much like the general manager I told you about at the beginning of this blog. Finding yourself faced with someone like that isn’t a hopeless situation. The following is a bit wonky, but there are ways of dealing with these despots.