Tim Tebow, Broncos Host Tom Brady And The Patriots

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow gets credit for leading the team to six consecutive wins, rallying teammates to four come-from-behind victories in a row.
Call it affirmation for the nice-guy style of management.
Experts are holding up the young player as evidence that cooperative, other-oriented, compassionate people help teams — on the field and in the office — perform better than the narcissistic style of management credited with great business successes and blamed for the economic crash of 2008.
But it may be another generation, or more, before the altruistic style of leadership shown by Tebow on Sunday — when he comforted wide receiver Demaryius Thomas with a "no big deal" after Thomas


missed a pass — dominates the business landscape.
Narcissistic leaders tend to thrive in chaos, but their time may be waning, said Mac Clouse, professor of finance at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
"Students we see in classes are much more questioning, where in the past a my-way-or- the-highway leader wouldn't get questioned," he said. "I think the workforce of the future is going to be less willing to respond positively to that kind of management style.
"We may not see that for a while, until they move up to positions where they can say no and fight back without getting fired the next minute."
The workplace of the future likely will have more transparency in decision-making, with input from all stakeholders, including employees and customers.


A win against the Patriots would edge Denver ever closer to an unlikely title in the AFC West, which it leads by a game over Oakland and two over San Diego -- both of whom it split a season series with.


Four of the five CBSSports.com experts think the Patriots can solve the Tebow magic. Eight of the ESPN experts agree, though Eric Allen and Chris Mortensen think the Broncos will keep it up.


Peter King thinks the Patriots will be able to contain Tebow and Denver.


Poof. There it goes. Teblowed up. The way I see this game is that New England's going to get a good lead early, and Tim Tebow is going to have to play well early to keep the Broncos in it. And that is not Tebow's game. Maybe it will be Sunday, magically. But in a battle of four-quarter quarterbacks, give me Brady -- even against a tough D like Denver's.