12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men is a 1957 movie which can teach anyone about the way a group works together and how leaderships styles can prevail. In this movie we are shown both good and bad leadership styles. “12 Angry Men” is a tale about a jury’s debate regarding a capital murder case. The majority of the movie is a 12-man jury debating the murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused with stabbing his father to death, if a guilty verdict is reached it will mean an automatic death sentence for the buy. This case seems to be a clear cut guilty verdict; The alibi of the defendant is weak, the knife found at the scene of the crime is the same as the one he says he had lost, there is multiple witnesses claiming to have either saw the murder, heard the murder
Davis (juror 8) votes not guilty. Mr Davis votes not guilty just simply ot forces a discussion, as the debating starts and storey takes place the leadership styles of each individual become shown. The characters range from bright, wise and empathetic to racist, arrogant and merciless. 12 Angry Men, is an excellent example of how partnerships and teams can form in a community under the right leaders. According to Kouzes and Posner (2003), it is important to form such cooperative communities in an effort to achieve greatness within groups as well as organizations. Furthering the importance of cooperation, Kouzes and Posner (2003) argue that “significantly greater numbers of managers today feel that improvements will require a society with a cooperative value system rather than mechanisms and systems dominated by individualistic efforts” This practice of forming a team with true leadership ability can be seen by Henry Fonda the th juror as he worked the room to create a team from many different viewpoints.

There are five Jurors in 12 Angry Men that do a great job of demonstrating The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, although one of these twelve men, Henry Fonda, the eighth juror, seemed to have the concept perfectly on what it is to be an exemplary leader. The other four jurors; Martin Balsam Edward Binns Jack Warden and Joseph Sweeney all in one way or another demonstrated
Jack Warden is a prime example of this he Modeled the way, by having very clear values and a voice. The only problem is his emotional responses got the better of him more than once and he eventually lost the group. He was very impatient to get out of the room and always had a strong opinion whatever it was he thought was right.

Sometimes though we find a well rounded leader with all five practices of an exemplary leader, such as Henry Fonda. Henry was the most interesting and stringers character in the movie. He was calm and collected while standing by himself on a not guilty verdict. Henry Modeled the Way, Inspired a Shared Vision, Challenged the process, Enabled Others to Act and Encourage the Heart. He completed the majority of his leadership examples by is simple action with the