Editing Ostap Bender (section)

===Bender's leadership===
The entrepreneurial abilities of Bender attracted attention of researchers in management.<ref name=svoboda/> Parallels have been drawn of Bender's schemes with failures of businesses in early post-Soviet Russia, a period compared to that of [[New Economic Policy|NEP]] when Bender operated.<ref name=svoboda/><ref name=kevi>Kari Ketola, Timo Vihavainen, "Changing Russia?: History, Culture and Business", [https://books.google.com/books?id=X0Q7BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT85 p. 85]</ref><ref name= rushe>Rubinsky, Shekshnya</ref> 
Bender is educated and has an analytical mind; is full of energy; in the case of a failure keeps his optimism and has an ability to reassess the situation; has an [[empathy]] towards his subordinates, opponents and "[[Confidence trick|mark]]s"; has exceptional organizational skills, even when limited by scarce resources.<ref name= rushe/>

While Bender is endowed with many traits of a [[Charismatic authority|charismatic leader]], it was concluded that the major reason of his failures was lack of clear understanding of his own goals and needs, and short-term perspective.<ref name=svoboda/><ref name= rushe/> A serious drawback of Bender as a leader is his [[paternalism]]. Also, while he is aware of the drawbacks of his companions, he puts no efforts into their betterment.<ref name= rushe/> While at times he can be a [[motivational speaker]], he did not care about the long-term motivation of his subordinates; instead, he preferred to manipulate or simply force them.<ref name= rushe/>