For these reasons, the virtues of transactional leaders with good contextual intelligence are very important. Someone like George H. W. Bush, unable to articulate a vision but able to steer successfully through crises, turns out to be a better leader than someone like his son, possessed of a powerful vision but with little contextual intelligence or management skill.
外交政策应该像医学那样记住希波克拉底誓言：莫伤人。因此，拥有优秀相关情报的维持型型领导人的美德极其重要。比如老布什尽管没有高瞻远瞩的能力，但却能游刃有余地在危机中应付裕如，和他的能高瞻远瞩但缺乏高质量相关情报和管理技巧的儿子相比，老布什更加优秀。