This is cut and pasted from the Clicker Solutions article by Melissa Alexander: (copyrighted, so I am only excerpting a teeny part of it).
This reminds me so much of some of the nonprofits I have worked with!
"The vast majority of alpha dogs rule benevolently. They are confident in their position. They do not stoop to squabbling to prove their point. To do so would lower their status because...
Middle-ranked animals squabble. They are insecure in their positions and want to advance over other middle-ranked animals.
Low-ranked animals do not squabble. They know they would lose. They know their position, and they accept it. "
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