Over the last decade, leaders are embracing collaboration with fervor. They encourage employees to share their specialized expertise with each other and team up to solve problems. That’s smart, right? Not necessarily.
Cerebral executives pride themselves on their objectivity. They like to think that they can push aside emotion and confront challenges with fact-filled clarity.
As president of Aon Risk Services, Ted Devine ran a company with $5 billion in annual revenue and 28,000 employees. Yet, despite his prestigious post, he had career misgivings.
