RSSArchive: January 2009
Over the Hill or Just Overlooked?
The perennially mediocre Arizona Cardinals made this year's Super Bowl in large part because its coach, Ken Whisenhunt, picked 37-year-old Kurt Warner -- a former superstar widely considered to be washed up -- to be the team's quarterback. Do leaders...
By Ben Bradlee and Steve Pearlstein | January 25, 2009; 8:37 PM ET | Comments (5)
Amidst Crisis, How To Define Success?
During a crisis, a leaders has to be candid enough about the problem to get people to change their behavior, while giving them enough hope that the challenge can be overcome. Getting that balance right often involves redefining success in...
By Ben Bradlee and Steve Pearlstein | January 21, 2009; 10:10 AM ET | Comments (3)
Barack Obama as a Leader
What have we learned about Obama's leadership style, and his strengths and weaknesses as a leader, from his initial appointments and actions as a campaigner and president-elect?...
By Ben Bradlee and Steve Pearlstein | January 12, 2009; 10:40 AM ET | Comments (11)
George W. Bush as a Leader
What have been President Bush's strengths as a political leader, as a world leader and chief executive of the federal government?...
By Ben Bradlee and Steve Pearlstein | January 5, 2009; 10:37 AM ET | Comments (183)
