Heads of state that can’t manage

As I have often lamented, politicians who end up leading nations have to be political animals, or better yet, sleazy salesmen who promise the moon or something of the sort to be elected and end up delivering very little. 

Having charisma can help a lot too, the end goal being to get elected at any cost. Aside from years of experience and a few educational failures along the way, no specific skills are required from our national leaders. 

So they generally prove to be terrible managers because that’s a skill they simply don’t have and have never attempted to learn.

Often times, I have been tempted to think that CEO would make good head of states, but more often than not, famous CEO are not good managers either. 

Neither are celebrities (Ronald Reagan), peanut farmers (Jimmy Carter) or billionaires (Donald Trump). What I’d love to see at the helm of my country is just a good, no-nonsense manager!