During the Clinton white house days, both Hillary and bill were perceived as
being bad listeners. They often forged ahead and worked from their own set of beliefs
and operating principles. One of Hillary's greatest leadership lessons came when she
established the president's task force on National health Care reform. Her passion
for this topic had started back in Arkansas, where she had taken a significant role in improving health care for young children. Although she applied her prior knowledge and
experience to this massive undertaking, it got off to a poor start. She felt passionately that the health-care policy that she and her committee were proposing was the most efficient and effective one out there, and in some cases those who criticized her plan
were blocked out so that their voices were not head. She even had her own "war room,"
primarily staffed by members of her political party who shared her views and she directed her team to block any the council of economic Advisors at the time,warned Hillary That she needed to build a broad base of support across party lines if she was to be successful, but, for many reasons, that never happened, and this effort became one
of Hillary's greatest regrets. But from this experience, she learned that no matter
how passionate or right you feel