Good discussion. It is approved again academic's thinking and business person's thinking are two different thinking. I wrote a little bit in my blog. A physician/scientist was trained to be humble and down to earth, a business person is trained to be aggressive to climb up.
After I left my last job, the people outside of my department asked the people in my office why I am so modest, and stated I am the nicest person they have worked with, because I never bullied anyone. I did my job professionally, and never bad-mouthed anyone in a professional setting.
And also, an universal rule: you can never please everyone.
Please note, I am offended at all, hehe.