On January 8, 2024, former German soccer player and coach Franz Anton Beckenbauer passed after a long illness. He was 78. I had been trying to convince him to sit down with me for the past decade, speaking through intermediaries and lawyers. I was not that interested...
Is Harvard ungovernable? Is it an institution so big, so tribal, and dare I say so out of touch, that it can’t help but trip over itself? Claudine Gay’s short tenure as the University’s president left me thinking about how the members of The Harvard Corporation,...
Times of transition bring unique risks Be prepared for unexpected changes in leadership A not-for-profit’s leadership may undergo sudden change for many reasons: illness or death, family issues, the discovery of malfeasance that requires an immediate dismissal, or the...
The National Hockey League and Mitchell Miller could have helped young people learn from a youthful mistake. They did not. It was painful watching the Boston Bruins and the National Hockey League stumble as they tried to address the hiring and firing of Mitchell...
It didn’t take long for the NCAA’s new rule allowing amateur athletes to earn income based on their Image, Name and Likeness (“INL”) to upset the power structure in college sports. Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban accused Jimbo Fisher at Texas A & M,...
If you or your company has ever been the subject of a whistleblower claim, a product recall, or a false accusation, then you know the Internet is an unforgiving place. Errors compound. Unfavorable stories pile up like a multi-car accident on the Interstate. Several...
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