23 May 2021: Editorial - Leadership Lessons Governor Cuomo Should Have Followed

Don’t profit from tragedy, and other leadership lessons for Gov. Cuomo (Editorial Board Opinion)

Syracuse.com's editors identify the leadership lessons Governor Cuomo should have learned before writing his pandemic "leadership" book. We've summarized the editors' lessons into the following list:

... We’re done taking lessons in leadership from the governor. But we have a few for him:

• Don’t declare “mission accomplished” until the war is won.
• Admit error.
• Listen to the experts.
• Don’t give special treatment to people close to you.
• Don’t ask people to make sacrifices you aren’t willing to make yourself.
• Don’t profit from others’ misfortune.

Enough said.

For all but the last item, the editors give specific examples of the conduct in which Governor Cuomo has engaged that earns the lesson its place in the editorial. To see those examples, please click through the link at the top of this timeline entry to the original editorial.