The presidential race: the Obama/ Clinton partnership
Analysis shows how US presidential candidates shape up in a proven business leadership assessment
Barack Obama may need Hillary Clinton as his running mate to address some of the weaknesses in his leadership behaviour – according to an analysis by UK-based leadership development consultancy, the Centre for High Performance Development (CHPD).
The leadership study undertaken by CHPD looks at the strengths and weaknesses of Obama, Clinton and McCain. Each candidate is assessed against the 11 High Performance Behaviours (HPBs) that are key to successful leadership in a business context.
While Obama scores well on building confidence and brilliant presentation, Clinton’s strengths are empathy with people’s concerns, which has helped build her broad front support, and her determined proactivity to overcome obstacles.
Russell Deathridge, an expert in the HPBs at CHPD, summarises what the analysis found: “Ignoring the politics of the situation, the most effective working team for a president and vice-president is for them to have complementary strengths in terms of leadership behaviours, and that’s certainly the case for Obama and Clinton.”
“In terms of the competition between Obama and McCain, there are some interesting dynamics in their leadership behaviours. While both have ‘building confidence’ as a strength, how they communicate this confidence to the electorate is very different; Obama does well in big, stadium-style rallies, McCain prefers the more intimate town meetings. It will be interesting to see what the electorate responds to going forward.”
Deathridge also offers some leadership tips for a future president. These include advice for Clinton to promote talent in her team to balance Bill’s influence; Obama should now discuss potential ideas for a first term and McCain must avoid limiting his options out of prejudice and look at the pros and cons of seemingly unacceptable ideas.
Click here for the full analysis of strengths and weaknesses for each candidate, including tips on how to address respective weaknesses going forward.
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Notes to editors:
The Centre for High Performance Development (CHPD) specialises in the assessment and development of leaders to inspire and sustain personal and business success. It has more than 30 years of research conducted with business and academic partners, such as London Business School and Princeton University, which has resulted in its own, proven method for assessing leaders at all levels – from first time manager to global CEO. CHPD’s leadership model has been used by more than 100 organisations around the world and its database of more than 12,000 leadership profiles is recognised as one of the foremost benchmarking tools available today. http://www.chpd.com/
CHPD is owned by Capital H Group CHPD was acquired in 2007 by Capital H Group, a rapidly growing human capital consulting group, with offices in major cities in the United States and over 200 professionals specializing in talent, leadership and organizational effectiveness. Capital H Group focuses on helping companies create value – through people – for better business results. http://www.capitalhgroup.com/
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