Ahmadinejad has proven resourceful in driving the diplomatic conflict.

Stalin relied primarily on the latter.

Twenty years later, we can only marvel at how brilliantly they performed.

A dictator who has shown no concern for his people might actually prove quite talented at clinging to power.

Harry Truman was a modest orator, but compensated by attracting and ably managing a stellar set of advisers.

While Reagan excelled in vision, communication, and emotional intelligence, he lacked the skills of leadership as management.

Others say he has yet to prove he is a good manager and must push harder for internal management reforms at the UN.

Soon, however, this became an end in itself, and Calderón proved adept at constructing short lived coalitions for largely inconsequential reforms.

Admirably adept at weaving together all of Lebanon s political, religious, and nationalists threads, Hezbollah s leader, Hassan Nazrallah, is today the undisputed master of Lebanon.

Remarkable propagandist that he was, de Gaulle convinced the French that the Fourth Republic was a disaster a canard that has remained common wisdom ever since.