If your company has more than three layers of employees - WATCH OUT.

Most company owners have never had to work in a large corporate environment and are caught unaware of the following truth: Bullshit works.

Simply, at some point in your companies growth there will develop a certain group of people that are more interested in keeping you happy, and less interested in doing a good job.

They lie, hide and scheme. It sounds silly - because you'd think that it would be impossible to get away with it.

Here's how they do it:

1) By limiting access to you

2) By never explaining things to you.

3) By never asking for help.

4) By bullying other people.

We've seen this tragic situation before: People who try to go around roadblocks often get fired or crushed. These are the people who don't waste time, don't waste resources and just want to get things done. 

The problem is that people that are truly good don't put up with company politics for  too long - they move on.

We're not sure that there's a magic bullet to fight this - but what we have seen that when the owners of the comany listen to everybody and not just the people directly under them, then the BS stops quickly.