Is there truly a leadership crisis? The short answer is it’s fiction, even though a number of articles differ from this point of view—including these at Forbes and the World Economic Forum. If you want to know why this crisis should be considered fictional in my opinion, read on.

One reason for these differing points of view is people are looking at different types and definitions of what leadership is. Someone could be a recognized leader in a particular field or business and then change fields, as Ron Johnson did when he moved from Apple to JCPenney. Which did not go so well for JCPenney.

JCPenney did away with this strategy [i.e., having coupons] after Ron Johnson assumed the helm of the company, modeling the company’s stores after those of Apple.

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