Leadership
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Traditional business
leadership
styles have become less effective.
A study of a major “bricks and clicks” company (one that combines offline and online operations) found that distributed
leadership
was essential.
Instead, effective
leadership
depends on the use of multiple leaders for capable decision-making.
Former President George W. Bush called himself “the decider,” but
leadership
today is more collaborative and integrative than that implies.
In other words, the Internet age requires new styles of
leadership
in which attractive soft power must supplement the traditional hard power of command.
In a networked world,
leadership
is more like being in the middle of the circle and attracting others than being “king of the mountain” and issuing orders to subordinates down below.
Barack Obama understands this networked dimension of
leadership
and the importance of the soft power of attraction.
While it is still too early in his presidency to judge the outcome, it is clear that he is attempting to change processes and adapt
leadership
to a more networked world.
These were judgments made by economists who were familiar with our business
leadership
– their inspirations, beliefs, subterfuges, and rationalizations.
This does not mean that Abe’s Japan will become an ally like France under Jacques Chirac, spurning US
leadership
for the sake of it; instead, Abe seeks a policy of cooperation with the US that reflects the alliance's voluntary nature.
With strong government
leadership
and active private-sector engagement, such systems could catalyze a transformation in how African countries approach energy delivery.
Less certain, however, is the premise that the world order would collapse without “American leadership.”
Given that the US has abandoned any pretense of
leadership
on world trade, it is up to major emerging economies and like-minded developed countries to establish their own template, one that adheres to trade objectives and discards what special-interest lobbies in hegemons like the US seek to foist on PTAs.
The thinking (or, more accurately, the hope) was that Iran’s leadership, if forced to choose between regime survival and nuclear weapons, would choose the former.
But change of this order of magnitude is highly contentious, and its path and outcome cannot be easily predicted or steered, no matter how determined the governmental
leadership
is.
Moreover, Obama’s efforts to improve relations with Russia – embodied in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) – did not lead to a genuine “reset” in bilateral ties, largely because an increasingly Soviet-style Russian
leadership
distrusts a US establishment that still regards Russia as a foe.
In an age of strained public budgets and widespread austerity, it is not surprising that politicians finally recognize the potential benefits of tackling financial corruption, and British Prime Minister David Cameron should be congratulated for taking a
leadership
role.
Considering the state of Europe and the world – and the hopes many outsiders are pinning on German
leadership
– these issues seem rather marginal.
None of this bodes well for a country whose parliament has already been diminished, after these three parties, during their eight years forming a coalition government, marginalized the opposition and failed to build up new
leadership
cadres.
Second, and most alarmingly for those around the world who crave decent and intelligent international
leadership
from the US, Lugar was mocked by his opponents for his foreign-policy expertise and reputation as an outstanding statesman, who for decades had played an absolutely central role on arms control and disarmament issues.
She led an uninspiring campaign in which her promise of “strong and stable leadership” rang hollow.
Trump’s suspicion of multilateral institutions – and his unwillingness to absorb the costs of persuasion, side payments, and organization that centralized
leadership
demands – makes that shift all the more pressing.
A multilateral coordination mechanism would enable these countries to harmonize their efforts, thereby boosting their capacity to advance their shared security interests, even if US resources and
leadership
dwindle.
At the same time, successive EU enlargements over the decades have brought in other powerful contenders, chiefly Spain and the UK, as well as smaller countries who are unwilling to bow before French-German
leadership.
Russia and China dislike the United States’ claim to global leadership, enjoy tweaking its tail whenever they can, want greater regional influence, and (like the US itself) periodically turn their back on cooperative multilateralism.
They see new players (say, Spain) rising to shape EU policy, particularly foreign policy, and sense that their traditional
leadership
is being challenged.
The rich and powerful nations often declare their
leadership
in the world.
A recent poll showed that what Russia most wants is a new Brezhnev, whose 20 years (1964-1982) of
leadership
first were disdained as an "era of stagnation," but are now nostalgically recalled as the "golden era of stagnation."
The PiS
leadership
is also child-like in its ruthlessness toward those whom it perceives as weak – namely, refugees – or guilty.
Three main factors brought Hamas into
leadership
in the January 2006 parliamentary elections.
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