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Is Barack Hussein Obama the most disconnected President ever? Learn from his mistakes, be a better leader by Bhavin Gandhi
In Obama’s government, though employees are responsible for performing their duties, no one is accountable for
their actions. From IRS to Benghazi, so called phony scandals, no one is brought to justice. It feels like, the first
world country has now fallen in to some kind of an inefficient or secretive government. Where are the basics of
Obama’s ideology? Where is the transparent government, which he once promised? Though I understand that
Government has its own secrets, which keeps its citizens safe; I don’t agree with the Obama’s current narrative of -
all talks but no action. I am not a politician, so I am not going to comment on this issue from either a republican or a
democrat perspective, but I would rather provide my perspective on the leadership failures of this administration.
Inconsistent operations: This administration definitely misses the mark on consistency. It seems like, they don’t
have any predefined rules/regulations to carry out their day-to-day activities. They pick and choose on what to
respond, and what not to. It is commendable that Obama’s administration is looking into re-opening one
single case of Trayvon Martin after its judgment, but at the same time this administration remains silent, even after
a year, when someone asks for justice regarding Benghazi victims. And this kind of irregular behavior is consistent
across this administration. Take Obama Care(Affordable Care Act) for an example, the implementation of this law
is also faulty. Though people and businesses are considered as an entity in strictly IRS terms, those two entities
will be treated differently, when it will come to file the taxes for FY2014. While employers won’t be mandated to pay
penalty in the next fiscal year, employees (normal people) are still mandated to abide by this law.
All talks but no action: I haven’t been in the US for long. So, I am not sure how other administration dealt with
these kind of a situation. But I can assure you, the way Obama administration is handling the foreign policy, it is
going to lead us to a disaster. Take Benghazi incident for an example. When this incident happened, Obama’s
governmentpromised to its people (stakeholders) that it will bring all the culprits to justice. Forget about the justice,
they were unable to even find out the exact reason behind this attack. Was it an anti-Muslim video or a targeted
attack? Obviously, going after terrorist takes a lot of time due to the complexity of the job, but it doesn’t mean that
you can’t established certain milestones, and publicize them, when they are achieved. Take Iran for another
example. The administration is telling Iran that it needs to stop its Nuclear initiative, otherwise it will have various
consequences. But when the time comes to deliver on the promise, this administration doesn’t hold Iran
accountable for its action. This is not called leading from behind, this is called a leadership failure. Period.
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The blame game: Let’s assume that you own a business, and one of its department is involved in a fraud. Let’s
also assume that you don’t know anything about this issue, and suddenly everything breaks in the news with some
documented proof. What will you do in that situation? Will you take any action? Obviously. If your company is
publicly owned by your shareholders, you have to take some action on that. As a CEO, you might call a meeting
with your key personnel to find out more information on this issue, and maybe, work on getting this issue resolved.
Right? While you look at the same issue in the Obama’s administration, they look so disconnected that it’s hard to
believe. Take IRS targeting issue for an example. Even after this issue out in public for a week or so, Obama didn’t
have any clue on what happened. This behavior not only shows that he is an incompetent leader, but it also
portrays the inefficiency in the government, where no one knows who is accountable for what. If you are an
effective leader, instead of blaming the issue on your own department (or employees), you should take the
complete ownership of the problem, and present a public plan to resolve the issue, so that you can gain back the
trust of your shareholders.
There are various other areas, where Obama has failed to be a leader, but in this blog I am only sharing some of
the major issues from my perspective. If you want to be a better leader, you need to take responsibilities of all the
actions in your team (or organization), you can’t pick and choose on what you would take responsibility of, and
what you won’t.
Do you see any other leadership failures in the current administration? Are there any lessons, which you want to
share with my readers here?
Thanks – Bhavin Gandhi
Bhavin Gandhi | August 5, 2013 at 6:00 PM | Tags: Affordable care act, All talks but no action,Barack Hussein
Obama, Benghazi attack on US embassy, Blame game leadership, IRS targeting tea party, Leadership Don'ts, Leadership
Failures, Obama care, Trayvon Martin, White House Leadership | Categories: 21st Century, Leadership, Management |
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