I took a fascinating graduate course at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University from Dr. Margaret “Peg” Hermann, a leading political psychologist. She taught us the theory and methodology of psychologically profiling political leaders, and over the course of the semester we each completed a profile of a leader of our choice. I have long been fascinated with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and I did my profile of him. It was a very intriguing exercise. As Dr. Hermann wrote in “Assessing Leadership Style: A Trait Analysis” (1999, 2002): “There is a certain fascination with analyzing political leaders. As a ... (full story)