tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681794381950882261.post8494754562691490303..comments2023-09-01T04:16:48.821-07:00Comments on Attorney Peter Vickery: Coalition BuildingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203946302610654952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681794381950882261.post-5058810145986528882009-03-04T19:22:00.000-08:002009-03-04T19:22:00.000-08:00In addition to the ultimate long-term goal Jen poi...In addition to the ultimate long-term goal Jen points out, Steel exemplifies a very important leadership quality that Rudy Giuliani talks about in his book Leadership - and that's relentless preparation. Almost every success Steel acheived - personally and for his party - was due to his deliberate, relentless, and calculating preparation. Page 143 gives an excellent insight into this when it talks of the "inevitable moment" when Liberal would need to decide whether to keep the Labour government in power or vote it out. Often "inevitable moments" of decision arise in politics, business, and legal proceedings. When they arive, those holding the cards are often left unable to decide what to do and how to do it and they squander the opportunity, failing to make the most of a situation. Relentless preparation put Steel in the position to have his strategy "mapped out in his mind" and negotiate without ever losing his focus or going off on a tangent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681794381950882261.post-30810970969253204742009-03-02T14:20:00.000-08:002009-03-02T14:20:00.000-08:00The entire negiotiation by Steel appears to be an ...The entire negiotiation by Steel appears to be an effort to get the Liberals a seat at the political power table. After so many years on the sidelines, he took a unique opportunity to finally give them a place back at the table. And it was more important that everyone knew that the placecard said Liberal Party, than that they helped pick out the meal. Thats why his "demands" were what they were, and why the publication of the agreement was so important. If they had spent more time haggling the details (like the PR European vote) they would have not gotten the details, nor the image of participating. Liberal negiotiators today that lament his mistakes, are possibly able to make further gains because of his initial work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681794381950882261.post-13934835892276297492009-02-26T10:50:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:50:00.000-08:00I think page 142 shows exctly what kind of counsel...I think page 142 shows exctly what kind of counselor Steel was, and that was an authoritative one. It says he was known for getting what he wanted despite the wishes of others. However, despite what Cochran says, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The book states that it was unlikely that anyone else could have pulled off what Steel did in such a short time frame. While clients generally a little bit different than a political party (because they are directly paying you to represent them), a party leader has to try and juggle the interests of the entire party (and it doesn't sound easy when the liberals agendas appear to be greatly divided). Steel was elected to do a job to protect the interests of the party and he was just doing that the best way that he knew how. sometimes you have to use the authoritative approach to protect people from making very costly mistakes or not getting the absolute best deal for them; and I think that was what Steel was doing in this case. <BR/><BR/>At the meeting Callaghan had Steel sit next to him probably in an attempt to avoid adversarial images and more of a cooperative approach (standing side by side on an issue). His proposal even was a cooperative one, but Steel made it very clear that he needed something more than just a covert way to get beyond the vote. I thought it was interesting how quickly Callaghan accepted that, but by initial guess was that he already knew it was coming and already had figured out that he needed to propose changes that would appease Steel, because he was obviously not happy with the status quo.bj.pivonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13914610579044575873noreply@blogger.com