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## Segment 7 — governance

## Article 85 — a085

# Bill Lescher

**Profile.** Bill Lescher is a former U.S. Navy admiral.

**Role in the source.** A leadership exemplar for the decisions-over-consensus philosophy.

**Attributed contribution to this vault.** He led the **'Get Real, Get Better'** transformation and is cited for his philosophy of seeking [[quote-lescher-consensus|'well-informed decisions by accountable leaders, not consensus decisions']] — evidence for the claim that [[claim-early-unanimous-support-bad|early unanimous support is a bad sign]] and that process legitimacy matters more than universal enthusiasm.