This tale of a stubborn CEO’s leadership reveals much about his style. After switching to a fully remote setup, he imposed strict idle time monitoring on Microsoft Teams, leading to employee shaming during meetings for inactivity. Frustrated, one employee worked with her tech-savvy brother to develop a device that bypassed this monitoring. Her productivity was praised, despite no real change in work output.
Soon, her brother was making devices for all employees. When the CEO discovered this, rather than adjusting his policies, he requested a device for himself, exposing a contradiction in his management style and the inefficacy of his strict monitoring approach.