What IT Means to Leaders

Just how much should leaders know about technology? Plenty, according to retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, president of UCLA's Center for Middle East Development and author of "Leading the Charge: Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom." Zinni, who gave one of the keynote presentations at Government Executive's Excellence in Government conference in Washington on Monday, said: "IT has changed the way we lead. ... If you don't grasp the technology and how to use it ... you will be left behind.