Julia Gillard’s Fatal Flaw
In the mid-1970s and in my early 30s I had the good fortune to be appointed a divisional general manager of a major Australian multinational. Along with the position, I was given a mentor, an experienced director in his late 60s. He quickly sized up both my temperament and my youth and gave me the following advice. “Most managers make the same mistake as most generals, they think they have only two options: to attack or retreat. However successful managers, like successful generals, know ther.....
Read MoreThe Emotional Intelligence of Julia Gillard
“Hanging by a thread; Dismal Labor Lost for Words.” The headlines keep coming yet the Prime Minister shows incredible resilience and does not crack. How does she do it? What is in her emotional makeup that makes her so strong? Few CEOs have taken such a battering in the media. The model of temperament that I like to use is the 7MTF/Humm-Wadsworth. Julia has two very strong components in her personality: the Politician and the Normal. In the 7MTF/Humm model, six components are related to a.....
Read MoreThe Emotional Intelligence of Tony Abbott
In June I published two blogs about how to recognise corporate psychopaths. A reader posted the comment that I had described Tony Abbott perfectly. I replied to that comment saying that I disagreed with his observation but promised to produce an analysis of Tony Abbott. Unlike some politicians I do like to keep the promises I make so here is my analysis of Tony Abbott. The model of temperament that I like to use is the 7MTF/Humm-Wadsworth. Tony’s two strongest components are the Mover and the .....
Read MoreHow Do You Solve a Problem Like Kevin?
(Apologies to Oscar Hammerstein II) One consequence of the recent slump in popularity of Prime Minister of Kevin Rudd has been the increased analysis of his personality by the media. David Marr's essay Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd has been the focus of much comment. Describing Kevin Rudd as a moody, foul mouthed, slave-driving devil for detail, Marr uses Freudian analysis to suggest that Kevin Rudd is driven by the anger at his difficult childhood. His father died when he was.....
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