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[Da Fat Porn Star]

Originally Posted by tv tanned

that still doesn't make him a good leader.

Yes it does. A good leader and a good head of state are two totally different things.

[Jan Deal]

He did make that moustache style his own though...

[Lester Burnham]

Originally Posted by tv tanned

The ability to lead is only determined by the willingness of others to follow

30 million people voted for the nazi party... and followed him for years...

[kirkt]

Originally Posted by SlowDazzle

He did make that moustache style his own though...

I dunno, Oliver Hardy had that thing going on too...

[soundian]

"It's clear then, that few if any of the "high profile business executives" polled have read Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad - a case study in how not to run your business (in this case the German 6th Army) - which outlines how Adolf's highly individual management style sent the share price of the Third Reich into a tailspin."

Yup, great leader all right. I like the way he cultivated an atmosphere of fear and mistrust as well, because we all know that's the best way to get the job done.

[Steve Temple]

Nobody said he was a great commander-in-chief, except himself

[Lester Burnham]

Originally Posted by soundian

"It's clear then, that few if any of the "high profile business executives" polled have read Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad - a case study in how not to run your business (in this case the German 6th Army) - which outlines how Adolf's highly individual management style sent the share price of the Third Reich into a tailspin."

Yup, great leader all right. I like the way he cultivated an atmosphere of fear and mistrust as well, because we all know that's the best way to get the job done.

That was later on

That bit always comes in later.

[soundian]

Originally Posted by Lester Burnham

That was later on

That bit always comes in later.

I was under the impression that fear and mistrust were his main man-management tools from day one.

[Steve Temple]

Originally Posted by soundian

I was under the impression that fear and mistrust were his main man-management tools from day one.

They were, and your sarcasm was misplaced. Fear and mistrust have always got things done. The stick rather than the carrot worked for Stalin too

[Lester Burnham]

Not as such... the were there but it was more or less hidden by the propaganda machine initially.