Technical skills suffice to make a good administrator.
Citizens reasonably judge a registrar of motor vehicles by the volume of forms signed and stamped.
In higher offices they should demand more than competent clerks. Leadership is more than the ability to wield a notary seal. Similarly, there is a difference between leadership and the exercise of power. Organizations need people who can proffer carrots and sticks to make things happen, but a skillful enthusiasm for trading favors does not make a leader. Leadership begins with a belief in the possibility of a better society.