How To Be An Effective Leader
As the Democratic National Convention gets underway, America has begun to focus on the future. And in a recent Huffington Post piece, Robert Kuttner claims that “Barack Obama could be the first chief executive since Lyndon Johnson with the potential to be a transformative, progressive president.” Kuttner goes onto say that, if elected, Obama’s success or failure will be based on his ability to effect change, and his ability to effect change will be based on his ability to lead.
But what is the definition of an effective leader? Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard Business School, spoke to Big Think about the potential for both learned and innate leadership. Oftentimes, someone’s ability to be an effective leader is determined by timing and circumstances, by “whether they’re given the opportunity; whether they’re given the chances to practice.” The question now is, does America want to give Obama the chance to prove he can lead?
