{"id":944,"date":"2019-09-29T17:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T21:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=944"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T21:37:22","slug":"humble-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/09\/29\/humble-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Humble Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

In class we\u2019ve discussed how different types of leaders are necessary for different roles, which Ruscio also noted. He emphasized the importance of not humble leaders in general, but the importance of humble leaders in American democracy because of the \u201chumility of the system\u201d (13). In other words, we have constructed a system in our country that places its success on having a humble leader. In this \u201cfallibilist democracy\u201d as Ruscio calls it (13), we have put a system in place that recognizes that both our leaders and our citizens are fallible and can make mistakes, and because of that put protections in so that we can change course later if need be. Because of this system, Ruscio is arguing that we need humble leaders. I think it\u2019s interesting that he did not try to make the case that all leaders need to be humble.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Ruscio does not extend the argument for humble leaders to all leaders, I think he could. We typically think of military figures as authoritative, strong, commanding, and countless more adjectives, yet humble would probably never make that list. By discussing Washington, Ruscio indirectly makes the argument that even military leaders can benefit from being humble in addition to those other assertive qualities. If even military leaders could benefit from humility, is there a kind of leader that wouldn\u2019t?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In class we\u2019ve discussed how different types of leaders are necessary for different roles, which Ruscio also noted. He emphasized the importance of not humble…<\/p>\n

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