Oppositional defiant disorder

• In order for the U.S. to borrow more money, Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling – currently US$31.4 trillion.
• President Joe Biden has refused to negotiate with House Republicans over spending, demanding instead that Congress pass a stand-alone bill to increase the debt limit.
• Rather than leading the nation, Biden and McCarthy seem to be waging a partisan political war.
• Having studied leadership for over 25 years, I would suggest that their leadership styles are polarized, oppositional, short-term and highly ineffective.

1. Moving from a zero-sum game to a more holistic approach

• Negotiating any of that away could cost him the support of key parts of his base.
• My research partner Marianne W. Lewis and I label this kind of short-term, one-sided leadership as “either/or” thinking.
• That is, this approach assumes that leadership decisions are a zero-sum game – every inch you give is a loss to your side.
• History offers examples of how this more holistic leadership style has achieved substantial achievements.
• Together they could achieve greater success by developing an integrative plan that cuts costs, increases taxes and raises the debt ceiling.

2. Champion a long-term vision over short-term goals

• Leaders face pressure to demonstrate immediate results to voters.
• Biden and McCarthy both have strong incentives to focus on a short-term victory for their side with the presidential and congressional elections coming soon.
• Likewise, if Biden and McCarthy want to avert a financial crisis and leave a lasting legacy, they would benefit from focusing on the long term.

3. Be adaptive, not assured

• I found that the team leaders who were most innovative tended to be good at adaptation.
• Such efforts helped South Africa become a successful multiracial democracy and Colombia end decades of war with a guerrilla insurgency.
• Rather than tackle the big divisive issues, they started with identifying the small points where they agreed with each other.
• Bill Lee agreed on the need for gun reform, his fellow Republicans in the state Legislature balked.

A long shot, but …

• And that’s why I know this is a long shot.
• The U.S. faces a long list of problems big and small, from high inflation and a banking crisis to the war in Ukraine and climate change.
• Americans need and deserve leaders who will tackle these issues by working together toward a more creative outcomes.

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