The general of a military force can’t ask for flextime. Neither can the CEO of a major corporation.
Sorry work-life balance gurus, that’s just the reality.
Gen. Petraeus fainted during a grilling in front of Congress. The CEO of Sara Less Brenda Barnes suffered a stroke last month. The attorney general of Delaware, Beau Biden recently had a stroke. And the head of SAP in India died late last year of a heart attack.
There’s no crying in baseball and there’s no downtime for leaders. (more…)