With the U.S. elections ramping up and IBM’s 100-year anniversary event in New York focusing like a laser on what makes a good leader, I’m finding it hard not to compare both the incumbent and Republican challengers to the top leaders in technology and find them wanting. I’m starting to wonder if the problem that the U.S. and most democratic countries have is lack of a clear definition of what is needed in a leader — and that is why incumbents struggle with priorities, and challengers appear to be all over the map, and rise and fall with the sound bite.
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Gates, Palmisano or Branson for President
Posted by: Rob Enderle October 24, 2011 05:00 AMWith the U.S. elections ramping up and IBM’s 100-year anniversary event in New York focusing like a laser on what makes a good leader, I’m finding it hard not to compare both the incumbent and Republican challengers to the top leaders in technology and find them wanting. I’m starting to wonder if the problem that the U.S. and most democratic countries have is lack of a clear definition of what is needed in a leader — and that is why incumbents struggle with priorities, and challengers appear to be all over the map, and rise and fall with the sound bite.