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How do companies move past command and control, to cooperation (and shared governance)? Can managers who tightfistedly grasp the reigns be convinced to lead with, and not at, their employees? The mindset of “I don’t work for you and you don’t work for me,” but together, we create customer product occurs when fellow workers are treated as equals – and when “bosses” cease needing hierarchical distinctions to enhance a teetering sense of esteem; when they realize employees are not props in their self-created dramas. Turn the page…