In the book Multipliers, Liz Wiseman teaches that great leaders do the following: 1) look for talent everywhere, 2) find people's natural strengths, 3) utilize people at their fullest, 4) remove blocks to success.

 

These are an excellent guide to picking executives at all levels of government.

 

Leaders who are good at doing these four things are going to be good presidents, governors and mayors.

 

Too often we elect on the basis of ideology rather than leadership.

 

Both are important.