The subject of this column isn’t talent, vision, grit, emotional intelligence, radical candor or any other leadership skill that people aspire to possess. It’s about the art of behaving badly.
The World Cup, which opens Thursday in Russia, may be the finest laboratory on Earth for studying leadership’s dark side. With a projected audience of 3.2 billion, this tournament will force its 32 team captains to strike a balance between the overwhelming pressure to win and the moral imperative to play fair.
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