Leadership lessons from Australia
Winning an election is the first battle. Keeping the position is an entirely different exercise. It would seem that Rudd felt that he won the Australian elections with such popularity, that he was now safe to do what he wanted! His confused look when resigning showed that he was bemused by how he could have got to this position.
Certainly it takes a level of leadership to be able to win an election with such popularity. But it takes real leadership to sustain the momentum enough to last more than a year – especially in Australia!
Whilst Obama’s popularity has taken a dip, there is no real opposition from a fragmented Republican Party. However, in Australia it was necessary to understand the game and stay on top of the ball. Not only is it important to win the public over, he needs to keep his own Party on side. It seems Rudd was more interested in writing children books and not following through on the battles that were needed to show his strength and resolve. So a man that did some good things in his year, lost the favor of the people he needed to sustain his leadership role and goes out the man who had the shortest term ever.
Lesson one of leadership: keep your eye on the ball and know how to follow through. No point battle, only to loose the war.
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