Obama's Leadership Style--An Unusual Combination!

This week I have been observing Obama's leadership style from the view of a leadership style expert for 30 years, Economist, Applied Behavioral Scientist and Change Leadership Expert, and it is fascinating.

At first during the 2008 campaign he came across as positive and collaborative, but something inside me didn't trust it.

Then when he came into office he showed up as an abdicrat, abdicating his promise and most important responsibility to create jobs.

Then his process for passing health care legislation was textbook authoritarian, crammed in at the last minute with only one visit to Republicans in which he mostly lectured.  This has turned out to be his predominant style.

I have worked with many authoritarian leaders but have never seen this combination of abdicrat-authoritarian.  And have never seen an authoritarian leader who could present as a collaborative leader.

Most unusual.  And so are the results. Authoritarians create fear.  Abdicrats create fear, anger, orphan syndrome, and divisiveness, all of which we are seeing hugely.

I have been seeing how much fear he has created in consumers, in CEO's, in small business owners, in investors.  There is great fear in the land, more than I have ever seen, people are afraid to take a risk on anything.  I wondered if any of the financial gurus saw it also...then yesterday on one of the business channels a guest commented on precisely this.

Talking with a colleague this morning, I mentioned to her how unusual it was for an authoritarian to present as any other style--usually they are blunt-and she mentioned he was raised by his grandmother in a time when women had to use indirect means to get what they want instead of asking directly.  True?  I don't know.  But this I know..his psychology is harming us economically and badly, and this is in addition to his policies which also harm us.  Make no mistake, the fear and lack of confidence are just as costly as the policies....please give thought to this!!!

Wishing you all peace and prosperity!

Dr. Linne

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Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D

www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com

Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?

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World Economic Uncertainty and Leadership Delegation

HI,

After my last post, I was thinking of the stress on leaders with all the uncertainty
and how stressimpacts cognitive functioning and communication. 
As a longtime expert in leadership communication,
I have seen nearly all clients struggle with delegation. 
Now of course it is even more difficult.

One of the most crucial aspects of leadership communication is delegation.

How is delegation working in your company, large or small?

Are you getting the results you want from delegation?

Do you have Delegation Disasters or Delegation Delight?

Do you understand how your use of power affects your Delegation results?

Do you see how great Delegation is crucial for change and transformation?

 Most leaders have no delegation training sufficient to handle the rapid change, uncertainty, global shocks and upsets rocketing through their companies.

Leaders need help with this.

My training manual for the very positive fast and efficient Engine and Four Wheels delegation system I have used for client executives is on the road to being available...will post here when it is ready...has

gotten many clients out of the ditch and back on the road to faster easier better results.

Starting as an Economist and then becoming a Behavioral Scientist/Leadership and Change Expert gives me the ability to layer in immediate bottom-line results from my leadership systems, as I can see the links between behavior and results...very rewarding to offer this to clients and see them go from frowns to smiles.

Make it a great day!

Dr. Linne

"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect.

Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com 

Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, 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 Freedom 

Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets 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 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Economist/Behavioral Scientist/Leadership Expert Analyzes European Situation

 HI,

Putting on my Economist had to see the difficulties in Europe, it is painful to see how many decisions by leaders are being put off or pushed by the fiscal failures in European countries.  Here's the thing though:  As a behavioral scientist, I know that it doesn't matter what deals European leaders make.  It matters what their people will accept.  This is behavioral and cultural.  Socialism creates dependency and psychological immaturity.  Thus we see the counterdependency and rebellion when they are forced to start growing up.

Oddly, all these years, later, my undergraduate work in Economics at the University of Chicago has never seemed so crucial:  Comparative Economic Systems and their Impact on Behavior of the People, in Russian, China, Japan and the U.S. I predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall many years before it happened.

This commonly used psychology model says it well:

Interdependence

Independence

Counterdependence

Dependence

From bottom to top, these are the stages of psychosocial maturation, i. e. GROWING UP!

Socialism promotes the bottom most immature layer.  What we see now is rebellion, moving

to counterdependence.  Only when they move to the top 2 levels will they have viable economies.

This will not happen anytime soon, so fasten your seat belt!

Check out our work at:  www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com 

And in spite of world events, create a wonderful life for yourself and your loved ones!

Best of success!

Dr. Linne

"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect

 Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System 

Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants 

Strategist, 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 Freedom 

Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage 

Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.