Corrupt Them With Autonomy So They Never Leave

"“Some of you fellows may think I tie you to Capital Cities by corrupting you with compensation and stock options. But I’ve decided the reason you are afraid to leave this company is more because our system naturally corrupts you with autonomy and authority. And I suspect that after living that way for a time, you’re fearful that someplace else might not operate in the same manner.”"

"He said he had figured out how I was able to pull off the hiring of Don Polec so deftly and he put it this way: “Taft, my parent company in Cincinnati, tells me, the manager, what I am going to do. The difference,” he said, “is you tell New York what you are going to do.” And that is pure Capcities."

"Competition may sometimes outsmart us, but they will never outwork us. They may outman us, but we have better pay, better benefits and better opportunities for upward mobility. Capcities leadership may have high expectations, but the company’s focus on autonomy also meant that you won’t be blaming headquarters for your problems. You make your own decisions, and you have to live with them."