Eliot Spitzer’s Leadership Lessons
This is not a joke. Really. As I was writing yesterday’s post ” The Bigger They are, the Harder They Fall (and Vice Versa)”, I realized there are important leadership lessons in this Shakespearean tragedy.
Besides the obvious one in the title of the post, or maybe two including including its double entendre, I mentioned this one:
No one is immune to the rules of the game.
What other leadership lessons, political or otherwise, do you see in Spitzer’s story?
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There is a reason the ancient greeks considered hubris a sin/crime. Arrogance and untamed pride, not to mention a sense of being above the law, will get you in the end every time- it may not be right away, it could even be years (Enron) but in the end, it will do you in.
Thanks, Stacy. And I also wanted to add something from my previous post:
It’s not so much about the assets you bring into the ring of life, but what you do with them that counts.
There are so many times when a person of fewer gifts makes up for that with sheer determination and hard work. Now, no one could say Spitzer lacks determination and hard work, so the missing piece might be whether he completely lacked self-awareness, or perhaps his privileged life kept him from understanding that even he is subject to the rules of the political game.
Endlessly fascinating.