Comments on: THE MYTH OF THE BORN LEADER http://www.mikecritelli.com/2009/10/06/the-myth-of-the-born-leader/ Mike Critelli's Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:39:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Critelli http://www.mikecritelli.com/2009/10/06/the-myth-of-the-born-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-3981 Mike Critelli Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:45:03 +0000 http://www.mikecritelli.com/?p=398#comment-3981 While I am flattered and honored to get this comment from a high school teacher and coach whom I respect greatly, and who is a wise and decent person, I would only say that I generally had the ability to select environments in which my particular leadership skills would work. As a survivor of two successive failed jobs in law firms, I came to realize that my skills did not play everywhere. I also watched friends and colleagues who were fabulously successful in one setting fail miserably in another. While I may have had more portable skills than others, and worked very hard to develop them, I also never believed that I could lead anyone, anywhere, anytime under any circumstances. Those who believe that generally become spectacular failures. I also believe that leaders should have term limits. People who stay in power too long eventually lose their edge and their excellence. While I am flattered and honored to get this comment from a high school teacher and coach whom I respect greatly, and who is a wise and decent person, I would only say that I generally had the ability to select environments in which my particular leadership skills would work. As a survivor of two successive failed jobs in law firms, I came to realize that my skills did not play everywhere. I also watched friends and colleagues who were fabulously successful in one setting fail miserably in another. While I may have had more portable skills than others, and worked very hard to develop them, I also never believed that I could lead anyone, anywhere, anytime under any circumstances. Those who believe that generally become spectacular failures.

I also believe that leaders should have term limits. People who stay in power too long eventually lose their edge and their excellence.

]]> By: Marc Zicari http://www.mikecritelli.com/2009/10/06/the-myth-of-the-born-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-3979 Marc Zicari Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:50:09 +0000 http://www.mikecritelli.com/?p=398#comment-3979 I am not looking for brownie points- too old for that- but Mike Critelli is one of those "born leaders" of whom he writes. He exhibited leadership qualities back in highschool, continued through college and certainly demonstrated them at Pitney Bowes. I am not looking for brownie points- too old for that- but Mike Critelli is one of those “born leaders” of whom he writes. He exhibited leadership qualities back in highschool, continued through college and certainly demonstrated them at Pitney Bowes.

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