Fire the boss

From Tim Bray:

The rest of the world is largely convinced that George W. Bush is an ignorant malevolent jackass. ... Let's completely ignore the subject of whether they're right or not; maybe Dubya is an enlightened, straight-arrow kind of guy who is just misunderstood. But consider the consequences. If you're running a company and there's a general perception that your CEO is an asshole, eventually it won't matter that much whether he really is or isn't; the perception will become an obstacle. And right now, the United States of America is facing that obstacle.