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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