Morning Update: Kevinism: a belief women can’t hack it; NBC holds back Opening Ceremony broadcast; Is engagement BS?

Photographer Kate Ayrton | Source saatchikevin.com

Photographer Kate Ayrton | Source saatchikevin.com

Guardian: Kevinism: the belief that women still can’t hack it

For the aspiring leader, the rise and sudden fall of Kevin Roberts, the leadership expert and – until last week – chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, presents a dilemma.

Are his copious hints on leadership, many contained in his new book, 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World, with “Chairman Saatchi & Saatchi” on the cover, still worth reading? Should we still be quoting Roberts: “I’m at my best when I’m the captain”; memorising his precepts: “Spirit is the magnetic power that harmonises”; studying his four pillars of leadership: “Responsibility, Learning, Recognition and Joy”?

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