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A decade ago, it seemed like chief executives were broadly admired if not universally beloved. Books like Rise and Grind, #Girlboss and Lean In were bestsellers. Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and their Silicon Valley peers were more likely to be copied than ridiculed. Unfortunately for those who occupy the top jobs at companies, those days are over. A significant shift in sentiment, coinciding with rising levels of distrust in institutions of all kinds, has come for the corner office.