King Tut must be rolling in his grave. Literally! That’s what happens to mummies when more than 1,000 protestors try to ransack the Egyptian Museum housing many a late pharaoh’s afterlife artifacts.
Not much is known about the tenure of King Tutankhamen but his 10 years on the thrown had to have come to a much more peaceful close than President Mubarak’s 29 year rule (and that’s taking into account Tut tragically taking to his tomb at a mere 19 years-old too.)
In a true news flash, the headlines JUST reported that President Mubarak JUST resigned so here’s hoping all you rising businesspeople out there were closely watching his performance up to this point because it was a great lesson on what a leader IS NOT.
This past weekend, America celebrated one of its own Presidents, the late Ronald Reagan who would have been 100 years old. Now was he a leader? Some would say The Gipper was the greatest. Others would abhor him for his policies. We’re not going to get into that debate here. Instead let’s focus on one line from this former actor that delivered a great lesson on what a leader IS: “We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of the entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only problems.”
It seems that President Ronald Reagan had a high regard for us business owners, venture capitalists, and passionate professionals. Problems are obvious to everyone. Solutions, however, are successfully executed by an exclusive few.
Mubarak clearly wasn’t among them. The question is are you?
entreQuest works daily, actually hourly, with entrepreneurs. These men and women head businesses of all sizes, in all industries, and involving all types of people. One aspect that remains consistent among them, however, is their commitment to improving their leadership skills. Undergoing an assessment of their organization and delving into the “problems” that exists in the levels of talent, structure, and environment is far from easy but it is crucially necessary for the growth of a business and the development of its leaders. And, as anticipated, our working relationships always do payoff in the form of bringing to fruition once unforseen possibilities.
And so in light of the protests being staged in Egypt and other parts of the world calling for the ousting of their country’s highest officials, we’d like to take this time to salute the top entrepreneurs in our community. We can so fortunately call them partners and so proudly call them leaders.
Kristen Zatina is a writing specialist at entreQuest who scours worldwide business news for corporate inspiration.
(Information Sources:
"Mubarak Deepens Crisis" by Margaret Coker, Charles Levinson, Tamer El-Ghobashy and Jonathan Weisman. The Wall Street Journal. Friday 11 February 2011.
"Cairo Demonstrators Dig In" by Matt Bradley, Christopher Rhoads and Shereen El Gazzar. The Wall Street Journal. Wednesday 9 February 2011.)
