2. Self-confidence
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. Lincoln placed his three chief rivals for the Republican nomination in crucial positions in his Cabinet and filled the rest of his top jobs with former Democrats. His Cabinet sessions were fiery affairs, but they provided him with a wide range of advice and opinion. Similarly, FDR created a coalition Cabinet on the eve of war, bringing unsparing critics of the New Deal into key positions as Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy. And for his Army chief of staff, he reached 34 names down the list of senior officers to appoint George Marshall, because the straight-talking general was the only one to disagree with him in a meeting.
How would you rate the candidates for President and Vice President?
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. Lincoln placed his three chief rivals for the Republican nomination in crucial positions in his Cabinet and filled the rest of his top jobs with former Democrats. His Cabinet sessions were fiery affairs, but they provided him with a wide range of advice and opinion. Similarly, FDR created a coalition Cabinet on the eve of war, bringing unsparing critics of the New Deal into key positions as Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy. And for his Army chief of staff, he reached 34 names down the list of senior officers to appoint George Marshall, because the straight-talking general was the only one to disagree with him in a meeting.
How would you rate the candidates for President and Vice President?