are government leaders still relevant in their respected position?
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Government leaders are still relavent, but is the process of nominating and electing them?  That's the bigger question.  If we can't control the systems that places leaders in positions of power, then what becomes of democracy?
533776
Brute intimidation only works as long as you can stay top dog.  But rest assured, too much of that, and the natives get restless and boot your sorry a$$ when they get the chance.\nA good leader must lead, whether he is popular or not, but work for the common good of his people or his company.\nSo in effect, the best leaders use both qualities to the best advantage depending on the situation to be tackled.
317193
mothers who stay home to raise their children are good leaders.  people that are willing to help other countries be free as we are, are good leaders. people with convictions\nand determination to never sell out or be bought are good leaders.\npresident bush, dr. laura schlessinger <spelling>, anyone that knows the value of their"good name", these are just a few GOOD LEADERS!
568550
the Government resides.
778052
I believe so but no leader gets acclaimation from ALL the people, only a majority. To make it all more complicated, dictators may originally get support(acclaimation) from other countries and later suffer their wrath. You can read more at Wikipedia, which includes links to several such dictators in Africa.
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yes sadly they are very relevent if not prophetic of our present and past government.\nNot many changes ssince then huh!
479064
this is so because of their rich past of havinfg great leaders  who did their duty of kingship to excellence . the present prime minister shave to play the role of their great leaders .also the public are more aware in politics than other part of world
1058960
Unfortunately, neither the President nor Congress nor the Supreme Court leads the United States today. Leadership requires integrity, honesty, reliablity, intelligence, compassion and focus. What this country needs is real leadership, but as long as all we're electing is Republicans and Democrats, we ain't gonna see it!
569429
I did find one article on the role of authority figures.Hope this helps.\n\nAll the best.
785992
People think that with a mandate will come wisdom and virtue, and rely on politicians to represent them.\nA lot of people still have not found out that most politicians turn into self-serving minions of big business the moment they are voted in.\nAs long as they follow their leaders like a heard of sheep - you can hear the bleeting in the previous answers- nothing will change.
948096
If the job is limited in scope and inherent politics the person-job fit is more important.  Person-organization fit is more important in the upper echelons.
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for most of the politicans its difficult to be truthful.for example in india 90% of polictians are not truthful.theycharacter can be estimated by there background .some of them have bad histories. recently some politicans have been accused of taking of bribes.unless the values of the politicans change the country cant cannot develop\nthey to be faithfull to the people who elected them
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Can you boil down a group of 250 million people (in the US - 1 Billion+ in China), to just a few leaders.\n\nPeople around the world are complex and individual, don't sell them short... in some countries they may have very little choice as to who their leaders are.  In most democratic countries governments ebb and flow with the passage of time... never perfect but hopefully improving in some areas as time goes by.
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real leadership requires enough power to make it stick.  whatever decisions are made must have the ability to be applied to people.  whether power requires leadership as an outlet, i don't know.  sometimes the most powerful people are the quietest and humblest...mother teresa.\n\nhere's a discussion about your question you may enjoy while waiting for more answers...\nhttp://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_04.htm
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As far as I am concern, there are no great leaders in the world today. We have many that lead but for the wrong reason. Tell me what happened to the world leaders of today? Where are they? Does just wanting to be right at all times, can make you the greatest  world leader? \nThe people leading countries in today's world are just competing with one another, instead of working towards peace in this Earth of ours. And who pays for this, the people that go into the military with opened hearts to defend their country, that is not even protecting them. That is the sad truth.
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i dont think so\nbut u need to be aware of sat least some of the things\nbut most imp. u need to know how to be a good politician\nrest is secondary
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It's the appearance of power.  For example someone might have a relatively simple position in government but appear to have lots of power over a particular thing.  Or an "old boy" in your local community may not even hold office but will appear to be able to influence current elected officials.  They may actually be able to do it, but we don't know for sure so it's only the appearance of power.