When the CEO calls an all-staff meeting, the most important thing to remember is to get a seat on the aisle. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself trapped in the midst of all those people, all those bodies, all those intestines slowly digesting sausage, egg, and biscuit breakfasts. Before you know it, you’re being buffeted in a sea of farts. You’ll panic; you’ll want to get away. And that makes it hard to keep the look of adulation on your face—in case the CEO looks down from the podium and spots you. He likes a little recognition. That look of adulation—you should practice in the mirror—is your best chance to get noticed. They say that’s how Johnson made vice president.