Helmsmanship

President Barack Obama has been extensively criticised for his leadership style. Rightly so.

Basically, he has not been doing strategic leadership. First, he has not produced the change positions that a strategic leader must develop. Secondly, he has not decided which new change position to support.

For each issue (health, military, banks/loans, education, etc) he should gather and lead a team to determine scenarios, look at the options, then select one and go for it - using political leadership style to overcome the dissenters (at present, political leadership seems to be his only strength).

Given that he was elected on a 'change ticket', he's not showing a great deal of competency in change leadership. Did he never learn leadership when young? Has he never been on a leadership development training course? 

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