Kevin Eikenberry offers this interesting post called, Which Presidential Candidate is the Best Leader? He has written a lot about leadership and is now applying his model of 12 characteristics to the candidates in a survey you can participate in. It will be interesting to see what Kevin's survey comes up with! Here are the characteristics of remarkable leadership according to Kevin:
- Champions Change
- Communicates Powerfully
- Builds Relationships
- Develops Others
- Focuses on "Customers"
- Influences Impactfully
- Thinks & Acts Innovatively
- Values Collaboration & Teamwork
- Solves Problems & Makes Decisions
- Takes Responsibility & Accountability
- Manages Projects & Processes
- Sets Goals & Supports Goal Achievement
Does your candidate pass the test? You can read more about these in Kevin's book called Remarkable Leadership.
I don't like to talk politics on this blog but I do have just one beef. Actually, I have many beefs, but will share only one. I am very disappointed in how UNPRESIDENTIAL Sarah Palin has seemed in TV interviews and the debate. Sure, she is likable and charming and sometimes funny, but I could not see her sitting across the table from other world leaders and representing us well. She seems more like a spokesmodel than a serious candidate.
What I find most interesting about politics is how people use very different criteria for selecting leaders. I bet that if we were held to the same standards for voting that we have for hiring people, things might be different. As it is, we engage in discriminatory "hiring" (selection by voting) because many of us use non-job related criteria for selection.
That said, if the theory of the wisdom of crowds is correct, we will still tend to get it right most of the time - as a collective.
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