Historically the leading characterisation of corporate directors was that they were agents to their corporations, though it was understood that they concurrently served as ordinary employees where they entered into contracts of service. Today some deny that directors, qua their director...

Knowledge workers form the core of contemporary organizations. However, they have to work with leaders who belong to old school – typically bureaucratic and rigid. Conflicts arise because the highly proficient team-members are not used to control and command and bosses are not ready to step...