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A Disengaged President: Ronald Reagan and His Lieutenants

In: Hedgehogs and Foxes

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  • Abraham Zaleznik

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Donald Regan had been in office for less than two months as secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan when he wrote a note to himself: March 11, 1981 To this day I have never had so much as 1 minute alone with Ronald Reagan! Never has he, or anyone else, sat down in private to explain to me what is expected of me, what goals he would like to see me accomplish, what results he wants. Since I am accustomed to management by objective, where people have in writing what is expected and explicit standards are set, this has been most disconcerting. How can one do a job if the job is not defined? I have been struggling to do what I consider the job to be, and let others tell me if I’m wrong, or not doing the right thing. (So far no one has said!) This … is dangerous.1

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  • Abraham Zaleznik, 2008. "A Disengaged President: Ronald Reagan and His Lieutenants," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Hedgehogs and Foxes, chapter 3, pages 23-43, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-61415-4_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230614154_3
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