While great leaders, in the words of John D. Rockefeller, turn disasters into opportunities, unfortunately, in the wrong hands, great opportunities can be turned into unmitigated disasters. Such is the case of the brilliant, experienced, but irritating architect who led a multi-year effort that wasted millions of dollars and set his organization's EA clock significantly back in time. This session will discuss how the irritating architect misread the business context, sources of power, and the EA role and review approaches that will help you "lead from the back" in a way that works for the short and long-term interests of your enterprise and the individuals within it.