Here is a systematic way to find out:
Consider any two prominent politicians – say, one from the US Congress and one from the US Senate – perhaps one Republican and one Democrat. Compare what the say they stand for with what they actually vote for and promote. Investigate how they were first elected and then re-elected, the money they collected and spent to get elected, where it came from, and how those donors fared. Consider the lobbyists with whom the politicians associate and what money exchanges occur. Examine the committees they work on and what comes out of those committees, and who benefits. Compare their assets before they were elected with what they accumulate over the years, over and above what their salary would suggest.
Play the BrookMaster Leadership Coaching Game, emulating the choices you believe each of these politicians would make. Which of the six archetypes (leader, entrepreneur, manager, consultant, trustee and intellectual) do you expect them to be? What would you expect their ethical balance to be in terms of their Giver/Taker ratio? Compare what you expect with the results you actually obtain from BrookMaster.
Now, go ahead and play !
Brookmaster’s assessment of Bill Nelson’s dominant archetype
Florida Senator (D)
Leader 19 : 11%
Entrepreneur 30 : 17%
Manager 37 : 22%
Trustee 18 : 10%
Intellectual 30 : 17%
Consultant 33 : 19%
Grand Archetype Profile
Giver 10 : 50%
Taker 10 : 50%
Your selected archetype: Leader
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Brookmaster’s assessment of John Boehner’s dominant archetype
House Republican Leader
Professional Archetype Profile
Leader 23 : 14%
Entrepreneur 34 : 20%
Manager 33 : 20%
Trustee 18 : 11%
Intellectual 27 : 16%
Consultant 28 : 17%
Grand Archetype Profile
Giver 15 : 55%
Taker 12 : 44%
About your results…
Your selected archetype: Leader
Interesting… Brad. It is rare to see a 50/50 Giver/Taker balance…PC
Brookmaster’s assessment of Hilary Clinton’s dominant archetype
The bars reflect your raw score, within the bars is the raw score : percentage.
Professional Archetype Profile
Leader 23 : 15%
Entrepreneur 29 : 19%
Manager 28 : 18%
Trustee 20 : 13%
Intellectual 26 : 17%
Consultant 25 : 16%
Grand Archetype Profile
Giver 17 : 48%
Taker 18 : 51%
About your results…
Your selected archetype: Leader
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Brookmaster’s assessment of Phil Bredeson’s dominant archetype
The bars reflect your raw score, within the bars is the raw score : percentage.
Professional Archetype Profile
Leader 31 : 18%
Entrepreneur 36 : 20%
Manager 27 : 15%
Trustee 17 : 9%
Intellectual 34 : 19%
Consultant 27 : 15%
Grand Archetype Profile
Giver 21 : 77%
Taker 6 : 22%
About your results…
Your selected archetype: Leader
Interesting results, Roy. I will use these in my talk tomorrow. PC
If Hilary is the Taker then I guess Bill must be the Giver. If no one has done Bill perhaps I will add him to my list to do.
Not necessarily so, Joshua. It will be a good idea to do a “run” on Bill Clinton. PC
I played the BrookMaster Game on Hilary Clinton (D) from New York and Mike Huckabee (R)from Arkansas.
Here are the results:
Hilary Clinton – Leader 10%, Entrepreneur 18%, Manager 22%, Trustee 11%, Intellectual 15%, Consultant 21%. Giver 32%, Taker 67%. my choice – Leader.
Mike Hckabee – Leader 15%, Entrepr. 18%, Manager 19%, Trustee 10%, Intellectual 17%, Consultant 16%. Giver 54%, Taker 45% – my choice – Leader
Ex-Senator Ted Stevens (Republican)
Brookmaster’s assessment of Ted Stevens’s dominant archetype
Professional Archetype Profile
Leader 10 : 6%
Entrepreneur 24 : 16%
Manager 35 : 23%
Trustee 24 : 16%
Intellectual 19 : 12%
Consultant 35 : 23%
Grand Archetype Profile
Giver 2 : 5%
Taker 37 : 94%
Your selected archetype: Leader
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Democrat)
Brookmaster’s assessment of Pelosi Nancy’s dominant archetype
Professional Archetype Profile
Leader 33 : 20%
Entrepreneur 40 : 24%
Manager 28 : 17%
Trustee 10 : 6%
Intellectual 32 : 19%
Consultant 21 : 12%
Grand Archetype Profile
Giver 29 : 90%
Taker 3 : 9%
Your selected archetype: Leader
Jimy
I totally agree with the profile of Stevens, I DO NOT see Nancy Pelosi as a giver, I do not see any of the leaders in Congress as givers.
True leaders never serve in public office. George Washington was a natural leader among his men, for he owned both their respect and their affection. Robert E. Lee was another American who was a great leader of others, again because he owned their respect. http://mises.org/story/532
Leader must earn the respect. Do all the politicians have respect of the public?
we all know the answers to that question can be varied by each person.
Mohandas Gandhi did not hold a public office in India. PC
I would expect politicians to be leaders because; their purpose is to serve the people. Both politicians selected for review ran for the presidential position, and lost. Both politicians raised record amounts of money during their campaigns. 14453 lobbyists with $3.2B tempting the politicians, it is easy to see why they would add additional projects to spending bills. Creating jobs and spending money, in their district, gives rewards back to the people. The people return the favor by re-elect the candidate. I also expected the politician to be a taker.
The Brookmaster’s assessment, for both politicians, was a consultant and a taker. Since consultants perform action for their clients and are held accountable, it makes sense that they fall into this archetype category. The clients are the people they represent. If they do not perform up to the majority of the peoples’ expectations, they will be voted out of office
http://www.senate.gov
http://www.thecapitol.net
http://www.ontheissues.org
Interesting comments, Mark. It will be helpful to see your BrookMaster results with the nemes of the politicians…PC
Brookmaster’s assessment of Joseph Lieberman
Leader 12 : 8%
Entrepreneur 21 : 14%
Manager 31 : 21%
Trustee 24 : 16%
Intellectual 22 : 15%
Consultant 33 : 23%
Giver 7 : 21%
Taker 25 : 78%
Brookmaster’s assessment of Ron Paul
Leader 18 : 10%
Entrepreneur 25 : 14%
Manager 31 : 18%
Trustee 32 : 19%
Intellectual 27 : 16%
Consultant 34 : 20%
Giver 13 : 48%
Taker 14 : 51%