Recent questions tagged leadership

Description : Has anyone ever been led by example?

Last Answer : Lead has the atomic number of 82 Bismuth has the atomic number of 83 Polonium has the atomic number of 84. So I guess you could say that Bismuth and Polonium have lead by example.

Description : Why can’t Trump realize that it makes him look weak and gullible following what Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh want?

Last Answer : In the eyes of his followers, it does not.

Description : What's your opinion of this interesting take on leadership from the great field marshal Erich von Manstein?

Last Answer : He sounds like a total sociopath. What a nightmare it would be to work under someone like that!

Description : What does it mean to be a leader?

Last Answer : It means you are willing to step up and take on a challenge and make decisions even if some are going to be unhappy with them.

Description : What do you think of Obama as an orator?

Last Answer : answer:He’s pretty good, better than GW by far. Honestly, I think it’s fairly important that our Commander In Chief communicate well. Kennedy and Clinton both were fairly eloquent at times.

Description : How to become CEO or president of your own company?

Last Answer : answer:You start your own company. Then, you are the president/CEO/grand poobah. If you eventually have a board of directors and sell stock to the public, it’s a little trickier.

Description : Why do some people with authority and power seemingly feel they have to abuse their positions?

Last Answer : Because it gives them the satisfaction of being in control and having absolute power over you. Broouhhhhaaahahaa!!

Description : If an alien lands his spaceship in front of you and asks, "Take me to your leader!", to whom will you take him?

Last Answer : answer:No one. I’d tell the alien that they made a wrong turn somewhere ..best to come back some other century. Ok fine, if I absolutely had to lead the alien being to someone…I might take the alien to Nelson Mandela.

Description : Who exactly was it who died and left you in charge?

Last Answer : I have heard tis a time or two, but don’t remember where. I didn’t answer either. But a good answer might be: I’ve ALWAYS been in charge.

Description : Should we aspire to mediocrity as a virtue?

Last Answer : That being only part of the equation. Life experience is the other half.

Description : Are you more of a leader, follower, or bystander?

Last Answer : None of the above. I’m more a go-it-aloner. I don’t have the motivational skill to lead, I hate following others, and I get bored/frustrated just being a bystander. I much prefer to be left alone to get things done on my own.

Description : If you knew that people would follow you, where would you lead them?

Last Answer : To the kitchen,where they would then cook me breakfast :)

Description : What do you do when you enter a room full of argumentative people?

Last Answer : Walk out. Or I go into standup mode.

Description : What does "leadership" mean to you?

Last Answer : Leaders inspire others by example.

Description : Could Barack Obama (or someone similar) be decieving us?

Last Answer : It is absolutely impossible that any politician would ever attempt to deceive the electorate, or to fail to deliver on campaign promises.

Description : Who do you look up to for their leadership qualities?

Last Answer : Gets people more involved and decreases apathy. Someone who updates the population he or she is leading. The leader has to be interested in the subject, and not go off into tangents, in other words, has to be devoted to the group.

Description : What is your own, personalized definition of leadership?

Last Answer : I think servant leadership…as with Robert Greenleaf’s work is a big part of it…doing away with agendas and moving toward “enabling” others. Leading is…helping.

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