In Ireland, Shane Butler said that AA “ looks like it couldn ’ t survive as there ’ s no leadership or top-level telling local cumanns what to do, but it has worked and proved itself extremely robust .” Butler attributed this to " AA ’ s ' inverted pyramid ' style of governance has helped it to avoid many of the pitfalls that political and religious institutions have encountered since it was established here in 1946.

His leadership style of consensual government, acting as a chairman rather than a president, won him much praise from historians and politicians alike.

Because of his style of leadership it was not he but Ernest Bevin who masterminded foreign policy.

His leadership style established many forms and rituals of government that have been used since, such as using a cabinet system and delivering an inaugural address.

Hitler's leadership style was to give contradictory orders to subordinates and to place them into positions where their duties and responsibilities overlapped with those of others.

According to Alan Reid's account, Erwin had no concerns about policy — his anxiety was entirely focussed on Holt's leadership style, his parliamentary performance and his public image.

These theories assume that an effective leader can accurately " read " a situation and skillfully employ a leadership style that meets the needs of the individuals involved and the task at hand.

Modern Japanese style training emphasizes the psychological elements incorporated into a proper kokoro ( attitude ) such as perseverance, fearlessness, virtue, and leadership skills.

He was also identified with the “ chieftain-like style ” of leadership.

Initiator of action, a pioneering spirit, inventive ideas, strong leadership skills, independent, drives to attain, individualistic style, executive abilities, extraordinary will and determination, courageous.

Frankel ( 2005 ) shows the Bismarck cult fostered and legitimized a new style of right-wing politics, and made possible the post-Bismarckian crisis of leadership, both real and perceived, that had Germans seeking the strongest possible leader and asking, " What Would Bismarck Do?

Two recent Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, achieved celebrity status, like rock stars but have been criticised for their more ' presidential ' style of leadership ..

His leadership style was however, quite different than that of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, in that he signed his letters to the Bahá ' ís as " your true brother ", and he did not refer to his own personal role, but instead to the institution of the guardianship.

His absolutist style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of Germany.

Kirk is described as able to find ways " through unanticipated problems to reach goals " and his leadership style is most " appropriate in a tight, geographically identical team with a culture of strong leadership.

Shackleton accepted this, even though his own background and instincts favoured a different, more informal style of leadership.

Again, Kennett failed to pick up the warning signs of declining support for his style of leadership.

Deeper problems arise when Dunson's tyrannical leadership style begins to affect the rest of the men.

In his adolescent years, Charles was noted for his bravery and style of leadership: at one point after becoming Dauphin, he led an army against the English, dressed in the red, white and blue that represented France ; his heraldic device was a mailed fist clutching a naked sword.

A physician by the name of Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif or " Dr. Fadl " was head of EIJ for some time, although eventually, Ayman al-Zawahiri, " whose leadership style was autocratic ," would take over.

Ortved — using interviews with writers Bob Kushell and Brent Forrester and Mirkin's assistant Charleen Easton — describes Mirkin as an " outsider " on the show, with the writing staff, at least initially, divided with respect to Mirkin's comedy and leadership style.

Building upon the research of Lewin et al., academics began to normalize the descriptive models of leadership climates, defining three leadership styles and identifying which situations each style works better in.

The authoritarian leadership style, for example, is approved in periods of crisis but fails to win the " hearts and minds " of followers in day-to-day management ; the democratic leadership style is more adequate in situations that require consensus building ; finally, the laissez-faire leadership style is appreciated for the degree of freedom it provides, but as the leaders do not " take charge ", they can be perceived as a failure in protracted or thorny organizational problems.

His credulity is perhaps best illustrated in his introduction to The Emancipation Of Massachusetts, which purports to examine the trials of Moses and to draw a parallel between the leader of the Israelite exodus from Egypt and the leadership of the Puritan clergy in colonial New England.

Whilst Raymond and the other leaders often quarrelled with each other over the leadership of the crusade, Adhemar was always recognized as the spiritual leader of the crusade.

During the 1930s and 1940s Joseph Stalin's NKVD carried out numerous assassinations outside of the Soviet Union, such as the killings of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists leader Yevhen Konovalets, Ignace Poretsky, Fourth International secretary Rudolf Klement, Leon Trotsky, and the Workers ' Party of Marxist Unification ( POUM ) leadership in Catalonia.

In the aftermath of the debate Bentinck resigned the leadership and feuded with Stanley, leader in the Lords and overall leader, who had opposed the measure and directed the party whips — in the Commons — to oppose the measure as well.

Within a month Granby resigned the leadership in the commons, feeling himself inadequate to the post, and the party functioned without an actual leader in the commons for the remainder of the parliamentary session.

A leadership election was held later in the year, Jenkins beating Owen in the ballot to become the first party leader.

Bolshevik revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky commonly used the terms " Bolshevism " and " Bolshevist " after his exile from the Soviet Union to differentiate between what he saw as true Leninism and the state and party as they existed under Joseph Stalin's leadership.

The Khmer Republic's leadership was plagued by disunity among its three principal figures: Lon Nol, Sihanouk's cousin Sirik Matak, and National Assembly leader In Tam.

At the time, he admired Ramsay MacDonald and helped MacDonald get elected as Labour Party leader at the 1922 Labour leadership election.

With a general election looming, the Parliamentary Labour Party then appointed Attlee as interim leader, on the understanding that a leadership election would be held after the general election.

One of his main reasons for staying on as leader was to frustrate the leadership ambitions of Herbert Morrison, whom Attlee disliked for political and personal reasons.

Mohamed Bacar soon rose to leadership of the junta that took over and by the end of the month he was the leader of the country.

According to Moore, as long as that kind of leadership selection process remains in place, and concentrates power in the hands of the leader, as opposed to backbenchers, then coalition governments will be very difficult to form.

Proponents of a formalized leadership and succession suggest that Clement succeeded Pantaenus as leader of the school, and was succeeded himself by Origen.

" In 1038, two years after the death of al-Zahir, the Druze movement was able to resume because the new leadership that replaced him had friendly political ties with at least one prominent Druze leader.

* " When the most wicked member of a tribe becomes its ruler, and the most worthless member of a community becomes its leader, and a man is respected through fear of the evil he may do, and leadership is given to people who are unworthy of it, expect the Day of Judgment.

Barrès claimed that authoritarian democracy involved spiritual connection between a leader of a nation and the nation's people, and that true freedom did not arise from individual rights nor parliamentary restraints, but through " heroic leadership " and " national power ".

Similar positions exist in the United States House of Representatives, except that role of majority leader normally goes to the second-highest member of the leadership of the majority party, because it traditionally elects its party leader to the position ofp speaker.

Around this time, Joschka Fischer emerged as the unofficial leader of the party, which he remained until resigning all leadership posts following the 2005 federal election.

Himmler's first leadership position in the SS was that of SS-Gauführer ( district leader ) in Lower Bavaria from 1926.

Some Afghan groups ( including the former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh and opposition leader Dr. Abdullah Abdullah ) believe that Karzai plans to appease the insurgents ' senior leadership at the cost of the democratic constitution, the democratic process and progress in the field of human rights especially women's rights.

In the subsequent leadership election, John Gormley became the new leader on 17 July 2007, defeating Patricia McKenna by 478 votes to 263.

An imam (, plural: A ' immah ; ) is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community.