Whatever happened to strong business leadership in America’s regions? Most areas enjoyed it for many years; now it seems all but invisible. Why? What to do? In the late ‘90s Governing magazine publisher Peter Harkness summed up the dilemma of the “absentocracy” — a revolving door of in-and-out leadership that’s left many communities adrift. “The [...]
Regional Business Leadership: The ”Absentocracy” Dilemma
Whatever happened to strong business leadership in America’s regions? Most areas enjoyed it for many years; now it seems all but invisible. Why? What to do? In the late ‘90s Governing magazine publisher Peter Harkness summed up the dilemma of the “absentocracy” — a revolving door of in-and-out leadership that’s left many communities adrift. “The [...]