The Challenges of Leadership Development
Somewhere in a courtroom in Europe in the mid-eleventh century a judge orders the bandages removed from the hand of an accused criminal. Three days earlier, the suspect was forced to pull an iron ring out of a cauldron of boiling water. If the hand is unharmed, he is innocent; if not, he is guilty, not to mention most likely suffering from third-degree burns. At another time in another courtroom the suspect in question is bound and thrown into a pool of water. If he sinks, he’s innocent; if he floats, he’s rewarded with a free, darkened cell with form-fitting chains and shackles for the rest of his life. Such practices were common in the Dark Ages: trial by ordeal; justice, medieval style.1 Some ...
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