Posted on 10/24/2022 5:53:11 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Zelensky has shown a remarkable ability to consistently inspire Ukrainians and maintain a strong emotional connection to the country and its people.
Interestingly, pioneering research conducted years ago by the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services (OSS) continues to inform current thinking on leadership.
The OSS, the predecessor to the CIA, sought out decades ago to find some way to quantify and best understand the mix of attributes necessary to become a great leader.
“Are leaders born or made? I believe the answer is both,” said Mike Mears, a now-retired senior member of the intelligence community who evaluated and trained leaders for decades. As the CIA’s director of human capital, Mears studied, cultivated, and supported those with major leadership roles and huge responsibilities.
While some of the specifics of the leadership analyses may not be available for security reasons, the effort did prove quite successful in predicting the future behavior of those tasked with major leadership positions.
“It's not perfect, but they can, with some precision, filter out if the person has certain attributes. Do the leadership candidates have drive? Is that balanced by empathy? Are they optimists? Are they learners? There is a cluster of measurable traits that you can measure to predict future behavior. That was a great discovery [by] the OSS in ‘43,” Mears said.
Sure enough, there is a desired blend of variables and qualities essential to great leadership, including guidance, empathy, organizational and managerial skills, and, perhaps of greatest importance, the ability to inspire. As a student of great leaders throughout human history and a close observer of the war in Ukraine, Mears told the National Interest that he thinks Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky would fare quite well in the kinds of analyses once carried out by the OSS.
“If you gave those assessments to Zelinsky, I'm absolutely convinced, he wouldn't come out in the top 8 percent, which are people with super strong leadership attributes, he would come out in the top 1 percent,” Mears said. “He has shown himself that he's not a comedian. This guy is a highly competent manager, administrator, and leader,” he added.
For example, Mears pointed to Zelensky’s ability to consistently inspire Ukrainians and maintain a strong emotional connection to the country and its people. This measure of emotion or spirit, if even somewhat ineffable, is precisely the kind of thing that can motivate and inspire a population.
“We are talking about the man for the times, get on YouTube and look at any of his videos every night speaking to the people. He's not just going after that logical brain, he's going after that automatic brain, which is full of instincts and emotions and fears and all that. He covers it all in his talks. It's the most inspirational message I've ever seen. I just think it's a miracle that it all came together and the right guy was in the right place at the right time,” Mears concluded.
Seriously?
Sept 12 article?
What is your deal?????
Are you saying this is an existential problem for Putin? Surrender or die?
“Seriously?”
Discussion of leadership styles. Easy to do a compare & contrast with dictator thug Putin.
Says the Soros/Globalist stooge.
“existential problem for Putin?”
You maybe, have discovered the core issue of Putin.
The Existential crisis for Putin is his need to find meaning in life. When you have a former KGB agent in charge, you have a country that functions as an enormous jail.
Ordinary people in Russia are scared out of their minds. For instance, the first four days of the war resulted in more than 5,200 people arrested.
Ruthless police teams, such as Rosgvardiya (Russia’s internal military force) are in the streets of Moscow & and other cities to prevent anything “suspicious” from happening. No difference if you’re an 18-year-old kid or a pregnant middle-aged woman, they’ll beat you up and take you in for questioning.
REMEMBER, the Soviet war with Afghanistan caused 15,000 Russian deaths & cost Brezhnev the economy that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Now, Russia is cut off from Swift and facing sanctions from the EU, the US, and the UK. In a few years, Russia will run into very hard times & people will not be afraid any more.
History teaches people will not tolerate a lack of food. When the money runs out, so will Putin’s time as dictator.
Putin is digging his own grave.
“Putin is digging his own grave.”
An uncomfortable position to be in for a man who has nukes, and no reason not to use them.
soros funded? that’s funny
how is it that you know something about me that I don’t? LOL
I’m sorry for you to just attack and lash out without any facts.
This cartoonish black and white characterization by Russian apologists is disgusting: if Zelensky is not a saint then he must be the spawn of the devil; if Ukraine is not marching on Moscow they must be being completely conquered. All that the Russian apologists can offer is asinine hyperbole.
And how would you describe leader of Ukraine?
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