Why Simplify? A leader must be able to make the complex simple. That is not easy to do — on several fronts! In many (most?) organizations today, our employees know more about the details of their jobs than their leaders do. This is inevitable in our modern world and will only become more true as time goes on. Today, as leaders, …
Recently, I had the opportunity to serve as an expert witness on corporate governance in an arbitration case. I was called to testify by the defendant’s attorney. The plaintiff’s attorney asked a pretty fundamental question right at the start; “What makes you an expert?” Of course the CV he had in his hand as he asked the question certainly addressed some …