Strategic relevance of a CEO’s inner circle

When a CEO fails, it is said that he is a capable and great leader, only that those around him have let him down. The same can be said of your pastor, your bishop, your department leader, and the list continues. In politics, when US President Barack Obama lost his first presidential debate to Mitt Romney, it was said that his close advisers misled him.

He changed tack in the second debate, won it and was sworn in. It is said that CORD leader Raila Odinga has never assumed power because of those around him. The claim continues that anyone who approaches his office with a great idea will be elbowed out by his inner-circle aides.