Obama Leadership

Climate Change: China can Make a Real Difference on the Issue

Xiu Min Li | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

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Xiu Min Li

After refusing to publicly commit to any numerical target for reducing emissions, China seemingly out of the blue announced it would reduce its carbon intensity by 2012.

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Resetting CEO Reputation

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

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Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross

It is now time for CEOs to stand up and start rebuilding reputations, thereby resetting the path to future economic progress and moral authority.

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Leadership, Obama Style

Drew Westen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Drew Westen

Genuine leadership means setting the agenda. It means taking tough stands. Leadership is a quality Barack Obama showed on the campaign trail. It is a quality he has failed to show as president.

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Lessons in Leadership: Why Obama Needs to Brush Up on His FDR

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

The president, though a dedicated student of history, has failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations.

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Faith In Obama Drops As Reform Fears Rise

AP | Dan Balz and Jon Cohen | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget defici...

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A Line in the Sand Is Occasionally Useful

David Bromwich | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

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David Bromwich

On the question of political character, the evidence on Obama is mixed and its core oddly elusive. Can he be a world leader without being a leader of his cabinet or his country?

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A Tale of Two Speeches

Mary Lyon | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

2/25/09 A Tale of Two Speeches By Mary Lyon Feels like it's still the best of times and the worst of times. If the night of President Obama's first ...

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Survey Reveals Broad Support For President

nytimes.com | JEFF ZELENY and MEGAN THEE | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership, providing him with substant...

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Is Hillary Soft Enough to be Smart?

Indra Adnan | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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Indra Adnan

Hilary could not then and cannot now afford to promote 'soft power' for fear of appearing weak. 'Smart power', given her own concerns about politics and gender, is the best she can do.

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President-Elect Obama, Do You Know the Way to Neverland?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

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Mark Goulston, M.D.

One key difference between lousy leaders and good ones is the ability to motivate or inspire people. But these days, that ability, rare as it is, simply isn't enough.

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Leadership, Strategy, and Experts. More lessons for Obama.

John O'Neil | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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John O'Neil

The nation must boldly rebuild to avoid the perils of a dangerously gyrating world where yesterday's swaggering certainty is tomorrow's worn out wisdom.

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Traits of a Leader: Obama

Stephen H. Baum | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Stephen H. Baum

Now there will be a focus on the speed with which Obama assembles the right team, organizes for action, and absorbs facts not revealed until the transition teams dig in.

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Sam Stein

GOP Mailer Uses Obama Supporter To Attack...Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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The Republican Party of Wisconsin is sending out a somewhat peculiar attack-mailer targeting Barack Obama. The literature accuses the Illinois Democr...

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Barack Obama and the Return of Grace

Michael Seitzman | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Michael Seitzman

Ironically, the fact that Obama granted his opponent the courtesy of pointing out the places where they agree is the very quality of leadership that McCain continues to falsely claim as his own.

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Evangelicals Find A President At Saddleback

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

At the Faith Forum, McCain is direct where Obama is tentative. Obama's answers give the impression that, having arrived at this point driven by ambition and a sense of destiny, he is suddenly not quite sure where he should lead us.

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Sam Stein

Lieberman Rips Obama: His Lack Of Conviction Puts Nation In Peril

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Despite rumblings that his advocacy for John McCain could lead to his ouster from the Democratic Party, Joseph Lieberman continued on Tuesday to take ...

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