Learning to Lead from Mumford & Sons

How a British bluegrass band demonstrated effective institutional leadership

Preparing for a concert by Mumford & Sons, the British "new grass" quartet, I expected the roof to come down. These guys' glory is that they pick the banjo and smash the bass and stomp the floor like an Appalachian dance hall band rather than a group of west London lads. I even expected a spiritual experience: few musicians, secular or sacred, sing about God with such depth of spirituality without saccharine piety. I'd heard their concerts are like church -- just a whole lot better.

I expected all that. I didn't expect a lesson in institutional leadership.

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