For the past 20 years I’ve been working with organisational leadership, assessing and helping businesses select leaders. Although as a partner I am insulated from the same pressures faced by the boards I support, it’s clear that the idea of stewardship and the governance that protects organisations has rarely been under so much strain. Forgetting globalisation, disruptive technologies, changing customer demographics and a constantly developing regulatory framework, businesses are now held accountable as to how they behave. They are judged or tested on dimensions like environmental capital, social value, purpose, CSR and—most frightenin