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>>fnbr+(OP)
I wonder if employees rallying for Altman when the board was trying to fire him were obligated to do it by some secret agreement.

>>Andrew+R51
Even without explicit clauses, it's likely they feared the loss of a (perceived) great man would impact their equity -- regardless of his character. Sadly there is too much faith in these Jobs-esque 'great' men to drive innovation. It's a social illness IMO.

>>paulry+wB1
It's a taught ideology/theory, the great man theory: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory