Leadership Power and Student Loans?

Hi,  Google messed up my handsome format, so here we are plain...think it relates to my content?  Hmmm.

I have been watching the student loan issue. Very interesting from a leadership dynamic view.  First you

give many loans and become the biggest gorilla doing so--the government, so you have more control.  I recently spoke to a University CFO who could not invest in a higher-yield safer vehicle with his endowment because of the rules of student loans, so of course he had to raise tuition costs. Clearly Obama is going after the youth vote slipping away as they have much debt and cannot find jobs, so he is advocating lower interest rates....isn't that an interesting approach?  

Question is:  Once the authoritarian leadership play of taking over the loans and controlling that demographic has been put in place, how easily can he back out of it even if he wanted to?  Rarely can authoritarian leaders do so, and only with huge inner re-gearing and apologies, then changing the dynamic.  But these are the marks of collaborative leaders, not authoritarian leaders.  Thus any apparent attempt to win over the students with loans is likely to be election window-dressing....time will tell.

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Watching Leadership Power Patterns

Picking up the blog after a time away working on projects and writing several books and training manuals.....
Watching the takeover by Old Power-negative unilateral power type groups--in countries where there was a naive hope about democracy spreading...these countries have eons of history
in which dictatorships were the norm...this will not therefore be an easy Power Shift, but the Shift from Old to New Power I discuss in my book cited below is inevitable...a question of time.
Right now it looks like 1 step forward, 3 steps back, but the Power Shift slowly marches forward..
savvy leaders make sure they understand this and are prepared, because in the U.S. employees
expect New Power and will leave when they can find another job if you permit your managers to use Old Power...remember the study that shows 90% of employees will leave if possible..
Best,
Dr. Linne

"Build on Your Best"Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protectDr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717Institute for Transformation Leaders& ConsultantsStrategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal FreedomAuthor, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business ResultsDr. Linne's Leadership Guides SeriesPositive Quotient PQ® QuestionnaireAppreciative Quotient AQ® QuestionnaireSecrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2008. All Rights Reserved.Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.