seriously? not to sound rude, but whoever said a smart boss always hire smarter guys to work for him? that guru must have been an idiot and Desmond must have not read his book.
and for yes men - there must be no lack of them in all the ministries, GLCs, RC, PA etc. I have worked with some of them before. They are so eager to run you with down with the number of years they have in these organisations just to prove their worthiness. for their lack of creativity, some were forced to leave after having shown what they were not capable of.