Leaders are most effective when their skills and operating
style suit the needs and tasks of their agencies and the
political settings of the times in which they serve. Such an
alignment does occur, and when it does, effective government
can result. Occasionally, the alignment is exceptional,
as when James E. Webb led NA SA in the Apollo 1960s.
More often, the alignment is imperfect, fleeting, and leaders
do the best that they can.