Writing at the Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge site, James Heskett discusses "How frank or deceptive should leaders be?" An excerpt:
Jim Collins emphasizes the importance of organizations facing "the brutal facts" about causes of mediocre performance. On the other hand, there may be reasons why good leaders have to have an optimistic bias. As one CEO put it in a meeting last week, "I can't lead from a position of pessimism."
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