While waiting for some drives to finish the mirroring process I was pondering why although a certain CEO was quite inconsistant over the long haul in decision making, sometimes even making extremely bad decisions first then correcting them with a nearly opposite decision they remained not only strong as a leader, but extremely popular. I realized that it was because they were able to re-invent themselves on an ongoing as-needed basis. This person is not following fads per se but rather adaptingquickly to the needs around them to the best of their ability. They are also quite a lot older than most of their employees.
Logically, they are quite different from the old idea of a solid unshakable leader and yet they thrive in leadership today.
The "No Fear" approach is good, and waking up to a new morning each day and learning about and acting on it is powerful.
In a related item, I have always made a mental seperation between those that think the music of their high school or college days is eternally the best ever, getting emphatic about it beyond mere preference and those that see music as a vibrant flowing history and enjoy listening to it unfold.
The former (in my experience at least) tend to be people who get "stuck"at some point in time and are more reliant on authority and position in their views. The latter tend to see the "flow" of a project and are concerned about how they and others "fit" into the current work at hand, but are willing to change it for thegood of the project as it moves along.
It's just a personal note I have made along life's path :)
