“I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.”
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I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.
Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.
Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.