Eden Sinclair Character Analysis Essay

1. Assess the leadership behaviors of both Major Sinclair and Michael Canaris. Which leadership traits described in this chapter appears in their behavior?
The leadership traits that appear in Major Eden Sinclair’s behavior are intelligence, because as a leader she is wise in making decisions and has the knowledge in fighting, she is well-trained and fits to the task given to her which is to find the medical researcher, Dr. Kane, who was working on a cure to prevent the reaper virus, so Major Eden Sinclair has the fighting strategy since she was a Special Air Service soldier; the other leadership trait that she has is maturity and breadth, after all what happened to her past when she was just a child, she still has this strong personality, a strong heart. Even though she already lost her mother and couldn’t even
There’s something ahead of her that she should strive to achieve and she did not depend only to the past. She didn’t let her emotions weaken her; and lastly, integrity, because high-integrity leaders like her doesn’t blame others and/or take the blame herself, they own the situation and all its outcomes. Like for example, after all the circumstances they went through, she doesn’t blame them for being weak or not being wise to fight those who are after them. There’s no blaming or fighting within their team, they know from their selves that in this task given to them they would have to take risk even their lives, ‘cause there’s no backup. And high-integrity leaders ensure their actions are seen as trustworthy and create a sense of certainty rather than uncertainty. Her team trusts her very well in all the decisions even though it’s a risk-taking decision. She also adopts the Theory Y model because she doesn’t push her team to do a specific task during their search for the cure. She lets them do what they can do for the accomplishment of the task