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Letter: Leaders should be judged on their actions not style

Published 5 August 2020

From Andrew Glassner, Seattle, Washington, US

Your article contrasting two types of leadership – prestige and dominance – emphasised style over substance (4 July, p30). Someone’s past and promised actions and agenda are important criteria when people consider that person for leadership. I would hope many would reject a leader who denied science, vilified immigrants and placed children in cages, be they dominant or prestige. In the end, actions should have a more broad and enduring impact than the style a leader adopts.

Issue no. 3294 published 8 August 2020

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