Osama Bin Laden-- Listed in Time's 100 powerful person's list--- does he really deserve ??
Leaders & Revolutionaries | |
Leaders & Revolutionaries | |
King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia | |
Peter Akinola, archbishiop, Nigeria | |
Mohamed Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, president, Sudan | |
Osama bin Laden | |
Michael Bloomberg, mayor, New York City | |
Raul Castro, acting president, Cuba | |
Hillary Clinton, US senator from New York | |
Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom | |
Sonia Gandhi, chair, Indian National Congress Party | |
Hu Jintao, president, China | |
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader, Iran | |
Liu Qi, chief, Beijing Olympic Committee | |
Tzipi Livni, foreign minister, Israel | |
Angela Merkel, chancellor, Germany | |
Barack Obama, US senator from Illinois | |
Nancy Pelosi, speaker, US House of Representatives | |
David Petraeus, commanding general, US Army | |
Pope Benedict XVI | |
Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state | |
John Roberts, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court | |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor, California | |
Builders & Titans | |
Bernard Arnault, French businessman | |
Richard Branson, CEO, Virgin | |
Rhonda Byrne, author, The Secret | |
Steve Chen & Chad Hurley, founders, YouTube | |
Steve Cohen, hedge fund manager | |
Clare Furse, chief executive, London Stock Exchange | |
Ho Ching, chief executive, Temasek | |
Steve Jobs, founder and CEO, Apple | |
Ken Lewis, CEO, Bank of America | |
Erik Lie, finance professor, University of Iowa | |
Pony Ma, founder and CEO, Tencent | |
Lakshmi Mittal, CEO, Arcelor Steel | |
Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer, Nintendo | |
Michael Moritz, investor, Sequoia Capital | |
Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo | |
Cyril Ramaphosa, South African union leader | |
Philip Rosedale, founder, Second Life | |
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO, Blackstone Group | |
Katsuaki Watanabe, president and CEO, Toyota | |
Artists & Entertainers | |
Cate Blanchett, actress | |
Sacha Baron Cohen, actor | |
Leonardo DiCaprio, actor | |
Alber Elbaz, creative director, Lanvin | |
America Ferrera, actress | |
Tina Fey, actress and writer | |
Simon Fuller, creator, American Idol | |
Brian Grazer, producer | |
John Mayer, musician | |
David Mitchell, author | |
Kate Moss, fashion model | |
Yossou N’Dour, musician | |
Anna Netrebko, opera singer | |
Rosie O’Donnell, comedian and talk show host | |
Brad Pitt, actor | |
Shonda Rhimes, actress and writer | |
Nora Roberts, romance novelist | |
Rick Rubin, music producer | |
Martin Scorsese, director | |
Justin Timberlake, musician | |
Kara Walker, artist | |
Brian Williams, anchor, NBC Nightly News | |
Scientists & Thinkers | |
Paul Allen, scientific philanthropist and co-founder, Microsoft | |
Chris Anderson, author, Long Tail | |
Elizabeth Blackburn, researcher, UCSF | |
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist, Oxford University | |
Frans de Waal, chimpanzee researcher | |
Al Gore, environmental activist and former U.S. vice president | |
Monty Jones, agricultural researcher | |
John Mather, Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist | |
Douglas Melton, stem cell researcher, Harvard University | |
Steven Nissen, cardiac researcher, The Cleveland Clinic | |
T.C. Onstatt, geoscientist, Princeton University | |
Svante Paabo, paleogeneticist, Max Planck Institute | |
Lisa Randall, string theorist, Harvard University | |
Klaus Schwab, founder, World Economic Forum | |
Kari Stefansson, genomics researcher | |
Alan Stern, planetary scientist, NASA | |
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director, Hayden Planetarium | |
Craig Venter, founder, Institute for Genomic Research | |
Nora Volkow, director, National Institute on Drug Abuse | |
Heroes & Pioneers | |
Maher Arar, rendition survivor | |
Wesley Autrey, New York City subway hero | |
Tyra Banks, talk show host and model | |
Warren Buffett, businessman and philanthropist | |
Youk Chhang, executive director, Documentation Center of Cambodia | |
George Clooney, actor, director and activist | |
Tony Dungy, coach, Indianapolis Colts | |
Elizabeth Edwards, cancer activist | |
Drew Gilpin Faust, newly appointed president, Harvard University | |
Roger Federer, tennis star | |
Michael J. Fox, actor and stem cell advocate | |
Timothy Gittins, decorated U.S. soldier | |
Thiery Henry, French soccer star | |
Garry Kasparov, Russian chessmaster | |
Amr Khaled, Egyptian televangelist | |
Judith McKay, anti-tobacco activist, World Health Organization | |
Chien-ming Wang, pitcher, New York Yankees | |
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and philanthropist | |
Zeng Jinyan, Chinese blogger |
Fig-1, List of 100 most powerful people (Thanks - www.ibnlive.com)
Before you really scroll down: "Don't expect perfection. No one wins all the time. Leaders grow by making mistakes."
This list figure out one of the most hated, dis-respected and torchbearer of terrorism, "Osama Bin Laden" (Naam hi kafi hain, so no more description about him). Osama figures in the list of leaders and revolutionary, strange enough for quite a few and probably in future that would invite heated debate on News channels and public gathering. So here are my few cents, analyzing him on some of the basic leader qualities.
1). Have Vision : "Leaders have a clear sense of where they want to go and how they intend to get there. They see the big picture, then create a strategic plan for achieving their goals."
The above statement doesn't talk about whether the vision has to qualify the ethical standard. Osama is clearly a islamist visionary and driving all forces to achieve the vision. When i say ethical, it becomes really hard to define or differentiate among several parameter and would first probably have to define ethics. so 10/10.
2).Make decision: "Leaders aren’t afraid to make difficult or unpopular decisions because they have confidence in themselves and in their abilities. They know that indecision wastes resources and opportunities."
Osama whose decisions are definately unpopular (if conspiration theories not to be believed), but his decision matches the path of his vision. 10/10
3).Take risks: "Leaders have the courage to act in situations where results aren’t assured. They're willing to risk failure."
Well no comments. 10/10
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4).Motivate others. "Leaders can articulate their vision and ideals to others, convincing them of the value of their ideas. They can inspire people to work toward common goals and to achieve things they never thought they could do."
To motivate someone to die for you and bang into some of the most secure nations most important building really require motivational skills and there is no guess that osama out-beats others in that regard.Osama motivate his followers and probably make them realize to fit into the bigger canvas which he has drawn in terms of triumphing world and spreading Islam.
5). Build teams: "Leaders create productive teams that draw the best from people. They effectively coach teams in collaboration, consensus building, and conflict resolution."
One person can write the script but it needs an orchestra to compose the symphony. Osama is well succeeded in building orchestra over a period of time. But that more or less comes from the motivation he provides to his team. Hence 8/10
6).Possess self-knowledge: "Leaders know their own strengths and weaknesses and are able to view their behavior objectively. They recognize their shortcomings, open themselves to feedback, and are willing to make changes when necessary. "
Something which only his followers can tell us. So will go blindly 10/10
7). Display integrity. "Leaders must be trustworthy before others will follow them."
10/10
Well all these definitely qualify him as one of the leader and probably disqualify Bush as one of the person to be kicked out from the list.