When it comes to employees at every level; there seems to be two general attitudes that can make or break a company. 1) Those who try their very best to contri

When it comes to employees at every level; there seems to be two general attitudes that can make or break a company. 1) Those who try their very best to contribute more than they extract. They want to be compensated fairly to be sure; but they see their role as to bring value to the organization that is in excess to what they are paid in salary and benefits. 2) Those who want to extract as much as possible in return for as little value as they think they can get away with. These attitudes exist at all levels from the CEO down to the lowest contributor on the organization chart. Whether you use 'founder mode' or 'manager mode' to lead; building a culture that hires, keeps, and promotes the first type and tries to avoid the second, is critical. No company of any reasonable size can only have the first kind, but many an organization that should have been successful, will go under when the second kind becomes pervasive.