The Three-Shirt Rule: Contextual Performance Is a CEO’s Greatest Asset Published on Rolling Stone Culture Council October 20, 2025 by Jason Barnard In 2015, I found myself on local TV, but not... The post The Three-Shirt Rule: Contextual Performance Is a CEO’s Greatest Asset appeared first on Jason BARNARD.| Jason BARNARD
Leaders often face moments where they need to balance long-term vision with short-term needs, be decisive while handling ambiguity, combine logic with emotion, demonstrate confidence with humility, encourage creativity and experimentation with strict guardrails and empower their teams while not losing a sense of control. But how are both possible when one contradicts the other? Aren’t they paradoxical? How can they coexist? Leadership isn’t about choosing one side of a tough decision and ...| TechTello