The CEO in the Next Cube.

Focuses on the practice of some executives and bosses to sit with their employees and not in a plush office. Signal that an executive is trying to send to employees when moving out of an office; Comments from Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of leadership at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, regarding the practice that has evolved from a means of tightening control over employees to a way to project camaraderie; Impact of studies by anthropologist Elton Mayo in forcing companies to be more concerned about employee morale; Comments from Haywood Kelly, a securities analyst at Morningstar Inc., regarding the subtle changes he made once his boss started sitting next to him.