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COLLABORATION
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creature comforts (like a roof over
their head and a good night’s sleep),
add a $1 million prize and you expose
an individual’s character. have no intention of honouring.
The contestants get to mingle with
each other. Alliances are hurriedly
entered into (often to the detriment
of many players) and back-stabbing
(portrayed as ‘blind-siding’ an oppo-
nent) becomes the modus operandi. PwC announced that over half of the
CEOs surveyed (55%) are concerned
with the lack of trust in business
today (ref: 19th Annual Global CEO
Survey, PwC). This troubles me. I’m a
firm believer in integrity and values.
Especially if you combine this with
the fact that CEOs are seen amongst
the least credible sources of infor-
mation (ref: 2015 Edelman Trust
Barometer).
At tribal council, one of the most
common statements made is that
players are looking for “someone
they can trust”. This is said behind
a backdrop of scheming and broken
promises where contestants openly
confess to the camera in private that
they are making promises that they
55% OF CEOs ARE CONCERNED WITH
A LACK OF TRUST
Are we now shaping our Boardrooms
on the same basis as Survivor – to
Out Wit, Out Play and Out Last?
LEAD | January 2018