In organizations of any considerable size and scope, rats always are at work. Rats are the primary nemesis of every aspiring and principled leader. Rats are poorly principled and destructive, and they must continually be successful in rationalizing their rotten behaviors.
One big challenge for the leader is the decision regarding how much time and energy to devote to killing rats - as compared with striving for positive goals. It helps if a leader can have someone loyal and effective at killing rats.
