Preface 1

Introduction 5

The Achilles Heel of Leadership: The Human Dimension 9

Part One: The American Presidency 13

Chapter One: Presidential Power 13

The Global Leader 13

The Roles of the President of the United States 14

We Elect a Government when we Elect a President 17

Select and not Settle for our Leaders 18

Chapter Two: What to Look For? 21

Past and Present words and actions matter 22

Personal Presence 31

The Blackmail Factor 32

Chapter Three: A Great Country Needs Great Leaders 33

Technology and Creativity 35

Diversity, Tolerance, Individualism 35

Economy and Entrepreneurship 35

Our System of Law 36

Education 36

Music and Entertainment 36

A Nation of Beauty 36 Cities 36

Sense of Morality and Social Consciousness 36

Remember the Greatest Generation 36

Resilience 36

Part Two: Leadership Qualities of The Commander in Chief 39

Chapter One: Reformer 39

Theodore Roosevelt: Civil Service,

Campaign and Economic Reform 41

Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation 47

Chapter Two: Experience 53

The Presidency is not a Position for Trainees 54

The Governors 54

James Buchanan: Considered one of our Worst Leaders 56

The Value of Business Experience 57

Abraham Lincoln 57

Warren G. Harding 58

Herbert Hoover 58

Franklin Delano Roosevelt 59

Harry Truman 61

George W. Bush 62

George H.W. Bush 62

Jimmy Carter 63

Wendell Willkie: First Major Business Leader to Run

for President 63

The Concept of “Unfiltered Leaders” 68

Chapter Three: Communicator 71

Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address and
the Second Inaugural Address 73

Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator 76

John F. Kennedy: The Berlin Wall 79

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Fireside Chats 82

Social Media and the Presidency 83

Chapter Four: The Brain Trust

and the Understanding of Collaboration 87

The President's Cabinet 89

FDR's Brain Trust 91

George Washington and the first “Team of Rivals” 97

President Lincoln's Cabinet 99

George H. W. Bush's International Coalition in the Gulf War 102

The Ability to Work with the Congress 104

Woodrow Wilson's “New Freedom” 105

FDR and the Congress 108

Lyndon Baines Johnson: Man of the Congress 109

Chapter Five: Character, integrity, ethical behavior,

and trustworthiness 113

Theodore Roosevelt: Attempted Assassination 115

The Altruism of William McKinley 121

Presidential Temperaments 123

Guardian 123

Idealists 124

Artisans 124

Rational 124

Calvin Coolidge: Example of A Guardian President 127

The Fall of Edmond Muskie 129

The Resignation of Spiro Agnew 130

Gerald Ford: Vice President 132

Richard Nixon: Watergate 133

The Impeachment of Bill Clinton 135

Chapter Six: Visionary 141

John F. Kennedy: A Man on the Moon 143

Ronald Reagan's Vision for America 145

Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal 148

Chapter Seven: Emotional Intelligence 153

The Components of Emotional Intelligence 154

Self-Awareness 154

Self-Regulation 154

Internal Motivation 155

Empathy 155

Social Skills 155

Lincoln's Strength, Empathy, Compassion and Moral Compass 157

Thomas Jefferson: A Model of Presidential Leadership 160

The Self Confidence of George Washington 162

The Resilience of FDR 163

The Optimism of Ronald Reagan 163

IKE's Ability to Persuade without Dominating 164

Theodore Roosevelt: Powerful Emotional Intelligence 165

Truman: Unafraid to Decide 166

Jimmy Carter and Camp David 167

Franklin Roosevelt's Fatal Secret 168

Chapter Eight: Courage and Wisdom 173

Gerald Ford and the Nixon Pardon 175

Franklin Roosevelt and Polio 177

FDR and the Holocaust 183

Lincoln and Slavery 186

Chapter Nine: Decision Maker 191

The Presidency: The Buck Stops Here 193

John Adams: Keeping us out of War with France 198

Abraham Lincoln and the Attack on Fort Sumter 199

Woodrow Wilson: The Decision to Go to War 202

The Manhattan Project 204

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Attack on Pearl Harbor 207

The Internment of Japanese Americans 210

Harry Truman: Judgement at Nuremberg 212

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb 220

Thoughts Over the Use of the Atomic Bomb to End
the War with Japan 223

The Firing of General Douglas MacArthur 227

Chapter Ten: Humility 233

The Humility of Abraham Lincoln 235

Chapter Eleven: Passionate and Energetic 243

Presidential Styles 245

Active/Negative 245

Active/Positive 245
Passive/Positive: 246

Passive/Negative: 246

Theodore Roosevelt: The First Modern President 247

Chapter Twelve: Flexible and Comfortable with Change 253

Eisenhower and the National Security Council 255

Chapter Thirteen: Loves Learning 265

Abraham Lincoln: Technology and Shakespeare 267

FDR: Avid Reader and Collector 269

Chapter Fourteen: Respects Diversity 273

Lincoln and the Jews 274

Chapter Fiveteen: Trust 277

The Vietnam War 278

The Watergate Scandal 281

FDR: Gaining the Public Trust 284

Conclusion 289

Bibliography 291

About the Author 297