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.