Michael Lee StallardPresident Obama’s Real Mistake – Michael Lee Stallard https://www.michaelleestallard.com Helping Leaders Create Cultures that Connect Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:49:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 President Obama’s Real Mistake https://www.michaelleestallard.com/president-obamas-real-mistake https://www.michaelleestallard.com/president-obamas-real-mistake#respond Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:44 +0000 Michael Lee Stallard http://www.michaelleestallard.com/?p=2435 Check out this article that appeared in The New York Times Magazine about White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.  His approach is poisoning the administration’s work environment and its relationship with other branches of government.  In our work we teach leaders to hire people who have demonstrated they can achieve both task excellence and […]

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]]> Check out this article that appeared in The New York Times Magazine about White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.  His approach is poisoning the administration’s work environment and its relationship with other branches of government.  In our work we teach leaders to hire people who have demonstrated they can achieve both task excellence and relationship excellence through their competence and character.  President Obama is learning the hard way about his chief of staff what John Wooden, the legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach, once observed, “ability may get you to the top but it takes character to keep you there.”

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