tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27237269.post2230403207652529914..comments2022-01-31T05:46:19.225-08:00Comments on Leadership: Anti-Leadership Lessons: Meg WhitmanRaymond E. Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127549362971781115noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27237269.post-227393295784487992010-08-09T04:57:01.022-07:002010-08-09T04:57:01.022-07:00I have just returned after spending a month in Cal...I have just returned after spending a month in California. Each and every day that I was there I was subjected to a minimum of five TV advertisements a day by the Meg Whitman campaign. I am no wiser today than I was a month ago as to what values or leadership abilities she has because each and every add simply told me how bad the other guy - Jerry Brown - was and said absolutely nothing about how she was better. Surely good leadership must be more than simply being less incompetent than the alternative. <br /><br />In your article Raymond, you say that "Commitment to organizational values, and leadership by example, are two primary traits a leader must have. An absence of one or the other is poor leadership; the combination of the two is anti-leadership." Your article indicates that Whitman has neither commitment to the values of democracy nor has she demonstrated by example an embodiment of what those values represent. I cannot judge because, as I said, after a minimum of 150 opportunities to clarify for me how she would be a good leader I still have no clearer understanding. Although I was young, I still remember Jerry Brown as Governor and do not have an overwhelming feeling of excitement for his return. Nevertheless, there must be something more to leadership than simply saying "Well, at least I am not him!" I like the example you use of General Moore, but I am not convinced that either Whitman or Brown have what it takes to get the state out of the quagmire that Governator will leave behind. Although I do not agree with some of his stated political views, at least General Moore has demonstrated leadership, which is more than can be said of either of the candidates or indeed even the incumbent. Do you think General Moore would be available for the position?D Goodeynoreply@blogger.com