Oh c'mon. Patton was, as I'm sure you know, problematic. Yes, he did take Sicily. And later he was an effective leader in the Battle of the Bulge.
Butt.. he was also a prick.
I would add that perhaps womens' noted failure as CEOs - and they have had many, many chances, may in fact be due to a lack of a necessary "alpha male" component of personality (on average).
Ya think? Or perhaps it's just that an economy driven by alpha males doesn't benefit anyone except those alphas. Maybe you're looking at a kind of ruthlessness that isn't really admirable. And you applaud it nonetheless. Sure, Carly Fiorina wasn't a great CEO of HP. But let's consider more modest CEOs. Consider Angie of Angie's list. I don't really know much about the company, but, damn, I wish I'd had that idea. And she did have an idea. Carly didn't'; she just grew up in the corporate culture and got better and better jobs.
Probably because she actually thought four hour meetings were useful, and participated, instead of doodling, as I did at my own meetings.
