Why no one wants to be a boss any more

The sad, mad world of leadership has left no one wanting to be in charge

I have been a boss for almost three quarters of my career. That is to say, I have always had someone to manage since I was about 26. I wanted to be a boss. Not because I understood what it entailed exactly, but largely because of what it represented. A boss had status. A boss felt like progress. A boss was the place you landed when you were doing things…