Obama Flunks Marines Leadership Traits, All 14 Of Them

[twyacht]

I guess "community organizing" doesn't cover these critical 14 traits, used by the U.S. Marines, to define leadership.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/obama_flunks_the_leadership_te.html

Obama Flunks the Leadership Test
By Michael Fraley
The U.S. Marine Corps' 14 Leadership Traits serve as a standard against which to compare President Obama's actions in his 19 months in office. By this standard, he is not simply an unqualified leader, but the antithesis of a good leader: an "un-leader."

The 14 Leadership Traits are:

    * BEARING - Creating a favorable impression in carriage, appearance, and personal conduct at all times.
    * COURAGE - A mental quality that recognizes fear of danger or criticism, but enables a Marine to proceed in the face of it with calmness and firmness.
    * DECISIVENESS - Ability to make decisions promptly and to announce them in a clear, forceful manner.
    * DEPENDABILITY - The certainty of proper performance of duty.
    * ENDURANCE - The mental and physical stamina measured by the ability to withstand pain, fatigue, stress, and hardship.
    * ENTHUSIASM - The display of sincere interest and exuberance in the performance of duty.
    * INITIATIVE - Taking action in the absence of orders.
    * INTEGRITY - Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principles.
    * JUDGMENT - The ability to weigh facts and possible courses of action in order to make sound decisions.
    * JUSTICE - Giving reward and punishment according to the merits of the case in question. The ability to administer a system of rewards and punishments impartially and consistently.
    * KNOWLEDGE - Understanding of a science or an art. The range of one's information, including professional knowledge and an understanding of your Marines.
    * LOYALTY - The quality of faithfulness to country, the Corps, and unit, and to one's seniors, subordinates, and peers.
    * TACT - The ability to deal with others without creating hostility.
    * UNSELFISHNESS - Avoidance of providing for one's own comfort and personal advancement at the expense of others.

With a standard of leadership in hand, we can now examine just how well President Obama stacks up as a leader.

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Specific items BHO has done in the last 19 months at link,  they go through each trait, and what specifically this Admin has done to flunk horribly.

No surprise, but it's great ammo, to argue with liberals about.

[bulldog75]

Truth hurts.

[jp1]

That is so sad, but yet so very true! And with more thought looking at it in a broader picture, I think very few politicians would match up to U.S. Marine Corps' 14 Leadership Traits. We should probably start electing some young Marine leaders; we would most likely get better results!

[tombogan03884]

Nice idea, but it didn't work with Murtha.