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Skills and Styles in Leadership
Leadership Skills and Styles of President Obama
The charismatic nature of the President has attracted Americans and foreigners to his side for the accomplishment of a common good. This invokes transformation as people embrace the vision set by him. Before elections, he wooed great multitudes to his side depicting concern on the implementation of domestic and foreign policies. When America lost global under Bush's ethnocentric policy, President Obama tried to re-establish it by traveling to various parts of the world in efforts to mend relations and foster peaceful coexistence (Prince, 2014, p.27). These skills were evident in how he made Chrysler and General Motors accept new MPG standards.
I believe President Obama lacks executive skills in decision-making in emergencies. A high degree of precision and swiftness in making decisions is always required. Critics have depicted the President's 'diplomatic' approach as a sign of weakness in the execution of policies and decisions (Northouse, 2016, p.44). The President's call for 'reconciliation' between the Democrats and the Republicans may be a weakness. Charismatic and executive leadership traits must be balanced to establish strong and distinct relations with the rest of the world (Rowold, & Borgmann, 2013,...
The strict manager closely followed the regulating policies and procedures in the logistics firm he worked. At times, his leadership skills frustrated my colleague as they came out as harsh and irrational. The manager in my colleague posting endeavored to pursue direct supervision to maintain a successful environment and followership. I agree that leaders should portray an authoritarian leadership style to ensure that employees obey and respect rules, methods, and procedures. For the logistics company, time occurs as a vital aspect and only adhering to deadlines gives the company a competitive edge in the market. It occurs that the manager was doing just right for the benefit of the organization (Prince, 2014).
In my experience as a class monitor, I noticed that an authoritarian leadership style works well to enable followers to adhere to the rules and guidelines in place. In doing so, I managed to ensure that my class emerged the best in most of the accolades during prize giving days. I believe that certain environments require a certain set of…
References
Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks: CA: Sage Publications. (pp. 43-70, 71-92)
Prince, E. T. (2014). Style and substance. Leadership Excellence, 31(1), 26-27.
Rowold, J., & Borgmann, L. (2013). Are Leadership Constructs Really Independent? Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 34(1), 20-43.
Tsai, Y. (2011). The relationship between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction. BMC Health Services Research, 11(1), 98.
Interestingly, and not well-known, is the fact that as a method of "methodically" shortening the long odds against him, Lincoln arranged to have transcripts of his debates with Douglas published. The publishing of those debates greatly improved his visibility and he began to receive invitations to speak at Republican gatherings. Goodwin explains that he gave speeches in Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, Iowa and Ohio in the four months between August
Leadership Styles In many ways the United States offer the ideal case study for examining different leadership styles, because its particular process of election and governance presents opportunities for each leadership style to flourish. In short, while the election itself favors a charismatic leadership style, the success of the executive branch depends on a transformational leadership style, and the interactions between the executive and the legislature can only be characterized as
56th President of the United States which has represents an unprecedented race in the American Democratic Party between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The relationship of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's leadership styles from the perspective of four distinct variables: gender, culture, trust and likelihood of voting. The author believes that the perception of fairness is the single most essential leadership trait which leaders should acquire in order
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