Rizal Philippines
December 6, 2015
Do strong leaders have weaknesses? Yes
1. Their strengths can be their weakness. What made them strong achievers could be their own undoing. Achievers are usually demanding, goal driven, nasty and over bearing and autocratic. Military leaders are such types of peoples and are misfits in the civilian world How could they be achievers if they are meek? From about leaders
2. Leaders are no angel nor are they saints. If they were angels, they would accomplish nothing. Saints have different places in history and religion. Even biblical leaders were persons with great weaknesses. But we only remember their achievements
Even church leaders lately have been accused of several sins: theft, malversation and sins of the flesh, whether they be with women, other men or young children. So he who has no sins cast the first stone.
3. We should focus on what the leaders can do and not what they are not supposed to do, or are irrelevant to the task at hand. Many still admire John F. Kennedy despite his proclivity to beautiful things with skirts. Another such man is Gen Ulysses Grant who seemed to have failed in everything he did, being a cadet at West Point, his family life, in business he established. He drank heavily, and when he was appointed as the Union Commanding General, by Abraham Lincoln, the President was criticized for appointing General Grant. But he won the battles that he led. Why would you appoint as commanding general who is a drunkard? Lincoln even said he would ask for the brand of the wine of Grant, just to keep him winning battles for the Union. Peter Drucker prescribes we must focus on strength, rather than strengths in his book "Effective Executive"
And now we have a candidate who has solid achievements, but who like the Leaders mentioned here has great weakness too: womanizer, and cusses frequently.
What do you think?
