At the employee level, you're told to document everything and keep records (following procedures, sorting and storing records in a certain way, etc.) so that you can be replaced easily.
At the C-suite level, you purposely don't do that. Everything is kept in your head or your private journal. If they sack you, all the information is lost unless they pay you as a consultant, in which case you drip feed it back to them!
And what often happens is the leader gets in trouble, resigns, then becomes a consultant for the same company at 2x pay and a free car.
At the employee level, you're told to document everything and keep records (following procedures, sorting and storing records in a certain way, etc.) so that you can be replaced easily.
At the C-suite level, you purposely don't do that. Everything is kept in your head or your private journal. If they sack you, all the information is lost unless they pay you as a consultant, in which case you drip feed it back to them!