leaderCommunicator

AUGUST 14, 2013

As a next step, Armstrong got on a conference call with those 1,000 Patch employees with the intention of boosting morale and to talk about what’s next. Instead, he took a very no-holds-barred approach to the conversation and ended up firing Patch’s Creative Director, Abel Lenz in front of those employees. And it’s all on tape.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Donovan, Mark Rylance plays the Russian spy Rudolf Abel, and Amy Ryan is Mary Donovan. Take a closer look : We see right away that Rudolf Abel is a Russian spy. He’s also being tracked by US operatives.However, these operatives lose Abel on multiple occasions. In Bridge Of Spies, Tom Hanks plays James B.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 21, 2014

Soon afterward, Armstrong spoke to 1,000 employees on a conference call that was intended to boost morale and discuss the future. What happened instead was far from morale-boosting. Armstrong ended up firing Patch’s Creative Director , Abel Lenz, in front of everyone.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

Perhaps we feel a sense of moral responsibility to pay our debts — but I'd suggest the greater, perhaps greatest moral responsibility is choosing to live. If there is something like a brotherhood of man, too much blood has been spilled for one to believe that it doesn't often resemble Cain versus Abel.

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