Given the generally unsavoury history
of strong political leadership Brown alerts us to, it seems we are, in fact, more likely to be secure under leaders who take the necessary time to come to informed decisions about how to react in complex situations compared to those who act swiftly, thinking they know more than they really do.
Not exact matches
After years
of strong German
leadership in the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel now faces various
political and economic challenges including ongoing domestic dissatisfaction with the refugee crisis, corporate crises such as Deutsche Bank, and the rise
of populism.
With ISIS continuing to fight, Russia and China throwing their weight around, and budget shortfalls becoming bigger and bigger problems, the Department
of Defense will definitely need
strong leadership in the form
of a commander - in - chief and his
political appointees in the months immediately following the inauguration next year.
During a Summit
of the G - 7 * on the information superhighway in February 1995 at Brussels it became abundantly clear that the information superhighway project receives
strong support from the world's top
political leadership.
«As well as organisational renewal, we need
political renewal: a
strong clear signal that under your
leadership the Conservative party will not become the soulless, technocratic managerial defenders
of a divisive austerity Brexit, but the champions
of a bold new generation unleashing a spirit
of enterprise, energy and ambition.»
Supporters
of DEEMs should read a recent book that argues the superiority
of collective
leadership: Archie Brown, The Myth
of the
Strong Leader:
Political Leadership in the Modern Age.
«During this campaign my case has been based on three things: first, the need for
strong, proven
leadership to steer us through what will be difficult and uncertain economic and
political times, the need,
of course, to negotiate the best deal for Britain in leaving the EU and to forge a new role for ourselves in the world.
«This is the kind
of strong leadership we need — not the type
of attacks and stunts that puts
political posturing ahead
of public policy.
It follows another day
of dramatic developments in the
political world, when Andrea Leadsom unexpectedly quit the two - way Conservative
leadership contest, saying she did not have the support to build «a
strong and stable government».
«The GMB appear to have broken the spirit
of the rules guiding the conduct
of the Labour party
leadership election by sending out a
strong recommendation for Ed Miliband together with the ballot paper for
political levy payers... It may well suggest that the margin
of his victory depended on votes cast in dubious circumstances.
«To be able to address these problems, we need
strong political leadership, we need leaders
of the stature
of what Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Sarduna
of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, were to their generation.
According to Hamilton, Americans have historically placed a high level
of trust in information provided by scientists, and while that trust has declined somewhat during the past two decades it remains
strong compared with other institutions such as
political leadership or the news media.
«North Dakota's
political leadership is still in the mold where a lot
of our oil and gas policy reflects a
strong desire to have another oil boom,» said Mark Trechock, who headed the Dakota Resource Council, a landowner group that has pushed for
stronger oversight, until his retirement this year.
What we need now is
strong leadership —
political leadership that understands the value
of investing in education and educational
leadership that keeps the focus on policies, programs and research that help all students succeed.
«But our committee felt it will be critically important for both the educational
leadership and the
political leadership of our community have
strong working relationships, and the upcoming election for mayor and Metro Council is critical to that.»
This popular form
of government combines the
political leadership of its elected officials with the
strong managerial experience
of a City Manager, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer
of the City.
What stuck with me is what Morris Ward, editor
of Yaleclimatemediumforum.org, posing: «At some point,» he said, «the public at large has to step up to the plate in terms
of scientific and policy literacy, in terms
of commitment to education and
strong and effective
political leadership, and in terms
of their own general self - improvement.»
White House
leadership and guidance hasn't been
strong enough to ensure that agency scientific integrity policies are developed expeditiously and protect the work
of federal scientists from
political interference.
Having a
strong leadership in place, which is unfettered by a domestic
political tightrope, is intended to give the UK the best possible chance
of a smooth exit from the EU.
The Healing Foundation report was launched in Canberra in the leadup to the 20th anniversary
of the landmark 1997 Bringing Them Home report and provides important reading for the health, aged care and social sectors, as well as demanding
strong and bipartisan
political leadership.