Toilet Paper Bonus

At Skyline Strategy's quarterly awards gala in New York, Chief Strategy Officer Adrian Cole closed the biggest deal in company history — $420 million. His reward: a roll of toilet paper, thrown at him on stage by Nolan Hayes, the private equity firm's newly installed VP. Nolan called Adrian's approach a cancer on the company. The firm's founder, Quentin Vale, sided with capital over loyalty and demanded Adrian hand over his client list.Adrian didn't argue. He stuffed the toilet paper back into