George Bush Nearly Lost The Presidency For One Simple Reason - He Failed To Ask (And Answer) A Single, Critical Leadership Question, According to Leadership Expert

George Bush almost became the first incumbent president to be voted out of office in time of war because he failed to ask (and answer) a single, critical leadership question, according to leadership expert, Brent Filson. Filson asserts that the question George Bush should have asked was not simply, "How do we overthrow Saddam Hussein?" but "How do we overthrown Saddam Hussein AND UNITE THE WORLD IN DOING IT?"

Williamstown, MA (PRWEB) November 5, 2004 -- George Bush almost became the first incumbent president to be voted out of office in time of war because he failed to ask (and answer) a single, critical leadership question, according to leadership expert, Brent Filson.

Filson asserts that the question George Bush should have asked was not simply, "How do we overthrow Saddam Hussein?" but "How do we overthrown Saddam Hussein AND UNITE THE WORLD IN DOING IT?"

"I've worked with thousands of leaders worldwide during the past 20 years," Filson says, "And I've found that the vast majority of leaders fail to ask this question. These leaders put together great organizational strategies, but they miss the all important 'leadership strategies' that persuade and inspire people to be committed to carrying out the organizational strategy. Without a leadership strategy to augment an organizational strategy, the organizational strategy has weak legs. The Bush strategy of a quick, decisive victory applauded by the Iraqis was a compelling idea, but he forgot the 'leadership strategy' of persuading and inspiring most of the world to help in making it happen."

The founder and president of the corporate leadership consultancy, The Filson Leadership Group, Inc., Filson says that "not uniting the world behind the effort was the biggest mistake of Bush's presidency. It was a mistake on a strategic level, because it diverted our attention from pursuing Osama bin Ladin. It was a mistake on a tactical level, because it involved leaving American troops, predominately Christian troops, to fend for themselves in the teeth of violent, Muslim insurgency. It was a mistake on an economic level, because our nation has taken on enormous debt to fund the invasion practically all alone. And it was a mistake on a legal level because it set a dangerous worldwide precedent of military unilateralism."

Filson says that by not asking and answering that single question and so failing to put into place the actions and resources needed to realize that answer, the events in Iraq have spun out of George Bush's control.

"Pundits say that Bush tried his best to make his case to the world, but most people in most countries were dead set against him. That reminds me of a sign on Winston Churchill's desk. It said, "It's not enough for us to say we are doing our best. We must succeed in doing what is necessary." It was necessary for George Bush to unite the world in overthrowing Saddam. Simply doing his best and leaving it at that is no excuse for the president of the United States.

"As a consequence, Iraq became the dominant issue in the campaign. If president Bush had done what was necessary and implemented a leadership strategy, he would have had control of Iraq instead of the events in Iraq taking control of his presidency."

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