Taking on the boss

Mutiny is in the air. From Tony Hayward to Fabio Capello to Nick Clegg , leaders' judgments are being called into question. And now, for some, by the very people they are in charge of. Angry mutterings may have long characterised business and politics – but as today's Cif special guest David Miliband knows, raising one's head above the parapet against the top dog is a different matter. Yet at the World Cup, as highly paid managers guide their teams to ignominy, the even higher-paid players are in open revolt. John Terry's coup attempt may have been crushed – for now – but the French team have stopped training and made their manager read out their defiant statement. Is this kind of uprising against the bosses justified? What is the best way to manage upwards when the strategy flounders? And have you ever been tempted to rise up like a lion against the donkey leading you?