Tillerson’s role during that period provides insights into his diplomatic instincts, his pragmatism, and his willingness to accept change. The years-long debate over allowing gay Scouts - a seismic shift the group called, euphemistically, the debate over “membership standards” - left deep fissures. And then he had to help calm the tempest that followed.
As the most recent president of the Boy Scouts, he had just helped lead the century-old organization into endorsing a historic change.
