KEVIN RUDD;PM- no longer: a failed leader

A LESSON IN LEADERSHIP.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/no-one-assassinated-rudd-he-simply-topped-himself/story-e6frg6zo-1225897188218

NO ONE ASSASSINATED RUDD, HE SIMPLY TOPPED HIMSELF.Barry Cohen.
The AUSTRALIAN. 27/7/2010.
Barry Cohen
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The attached article about what happened to Kevin Rudd, why it happened and how it happened is an example of a failed leader with a flaw in his leadership style which can happen to anyone in any organization and at any time.

One of the most telling aspects in Barry Cohen’s article is where he asks,- why didn’t people tell Kevin that his style is unacceptable?
As Barry explains, SOME people just don’t seem able to do it,- they fear retribution,- they found him unaccepting of criticism,- he surrounded himself with inexperienced young staffers who thought they could tell the seniors in the Party if and when they could see the PM,- in short, Kevin Rudd the PM thought he was above everyone else! And he showed it!

He wasn’t! No one is irreplaceable! The grass-roots abandoned him and the Party.
In the end, the Party is more important than the individual who, like all leaders who are democratically elected, they only temporarily hold the top spot!

So while the Liberal Party voted to replace the leader who was also electorally not so popular, with another supposedly even less popular, because of differences in policy,- Kevin Rudd was replaced mainly because of his leadership style.

Now I wonder if we’ll see a gender-difference in Australians’ voting patterns at the next election!

M.M.