Obama, still the rookie.....

Previous to the 2008 Presidential election, opponents of the Obama camp tried to make issue of Obama's lack of management skills. In fact, he has ZERO experience as a manager....of ANYTHING. Now, of course, he is tasked with managing the business of the United States of America.

Folks, there was a reason why Obama's lack of management experience is of supreme importance.

I've spent most of my professional career teaching managers how to manage and how to lead. I have many years of management experience and have been in the position of teaching others HOW to manage. What I see in Obama is typical of what I've seen for many years of watching people take their first steps in the process of management.

Obama, BECAUSE he's never managed, falls into the first trap of new managers: micromanagement.

Truly effective managers are "big picture" people. They are tasked to see ALL. Then, their responsibility to task others to manage smaller portions of that "all". This comes through experience and emtoring. Obama doesn't possess the ability to see the "big picture" because he is a micromanager; becoming too involved with the minutae. He's never managed anything and for the most part, neither have ANY of his administration (therefore, he has NO mentors).

So, when you consider the fact that he can't handle the situation in the Middle East, can't handle the Guld oil disaster, can't handle an appropriate response to the current tragedy in Japan (or Haiti, for that matter), can't handle the numerous acts of domestic terrorism since 2008, can't handle the economy, can't handle ANY foreign affair, can't handle ANYTHING.......

.....well....now you know why.

Hirota: out.