What an ingenious way to shape a leadership scenario. Have never been nor worked for a leader who ate the 4th cookie. If 5 cookies were given out, most leaders would abstain.
I spent a large part of my career in the global automotive arena supplying products to VW. Martin Winterkorn was a frequently in attendance at meetings where technical proposals were presented for consideration. He typically led the way in asking tough questions related to form, fit, and function. VW invested billions and bet the future of the Company on clean diesel technology and performance. Martin Winterkorn is hands- on to the point of being a control freak, and it's impossible to believe that he didn't exert influence to bend the rules.