Leadership Fiscal Cliff

Have you survived the fiscal cliff? Maybe you are sick and tired of all the talk about the fiscal cliff. If you are one of those people maybe you can at least read what I have to say about leadership lessons from the fiscal cliff.

The one main lesson we can learn from all of the fiscal cliff negotiations is a little bit of compromise. A great leader is willing to compromise but not willing to back down on their own principles. Unfortunately that is not what we saw in the fiscal cliff negotiations. Instead President Obama expected everyone to cave in to his demands and He wasn’t willing to compromise. On the other hand the Republicans compromised on the taxes but they didn’t stand firm on expecting spending cuts.

Leadership must be give and take willing to give in but expecting the others to give in as well. That is what working together is all about and that is what makes great leaders. Washington is filled with people who are not leaders just self serving freeloaders believing they know what is best for America.

We may not have gone over the fiscal cliff but the leadership abilities of those in Washington have completely fallen off the cliff. If you want to be a great leader work on your compromising skills but remember to stand firm on your principles.

America will be approaching the fiscal cliff again let’s see how Washington reacts next time.