The recent fuss over Sepp Blatter’s comments on racism raises, for me, the interesting point about the circumstances in which resignation should follow a cock-up.

He has argued that “When you are faced with a problem you have to face the problem. To leave would be totally unfair and not compatible with my fighting spirit, my character, my energy” and I agree that leaders need to be allowed to learn as much as the rest of us, but under what circumstances is a leader’s behaviour so out of line with expectations that it is no longer appropriate for them to lead (and, of course, represent) an organisation?

…and at what point does a series of incidents, each of which does not perhaps meet the ‘resign now’ criteria, suggest that you have the wrong person?

DIscuss…