Making heroes out of celebrity CEOs is at the heart of the crisis in corporate leadership.

Bill George
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Making heroes out of celebrities is not something that is at the heart of the crisis in corporate leadership. Rather, it is the lack of it that is at the heart of the crisis. The crisis in corporate leadership today does not come from the fact that we no longer have heroes in corporate America. Rather, we have a crisis in leadership and it has everything to do with a lack of leadership and not having leaders who are willing to take control and steer their companies through tough times.

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