What is being a good leader? A good leader involves a lot of hard work and lots of leadership skills. It is very good to be a leader‚ because that means that you have followers that look up to you and think of maybe becoming a leader when they are older. My first reason for why I think it is necessary to be a good leader is‚ stay a leader. If you are a leader you need to stay one because if your only one for a certain amount of time then people won’t think of you as a true leader and some people
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What makes a good leader? Johann Von Goethe once said “The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.” This is quite possibly one of the best quotes I have read when talking about what makes a good leader. What Goethe is saying is simply that a leader‚ or rather a good leader listens to his followers and makes decisions based upon their input and once the decisions have been made‚ the followers are often the most integral part of executing the decision. To lead the people
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“Odysseus is too thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful to be a real hero.” How far do you agree with this view? Yes‚ I do agree that Odysseus was thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful but these qualities were necessary for him to complete his journey and be seen as a hero on his return to Ithaca. Greek heroes like Odysseus were greater than the average man and achieved much notoriety and fame by being thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful. Inevitability Odysseus‚ curiosity led him to make bad decisions after
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Odyssey Homer’s Odysseus is a complicated character faced with mythic challenges as he leads his men on their journey home to Ithaca. As their leader‚ Odysseus makes the decisions that ultimately determine their fates. By the time he reaches the shores of Greece‚ Odysseus is the only one of his men to make it home. This fact alone points to flaws in his abilities to lead his men. Odysseus fails as a good leader because of three character flaws: opportunism‚ arrogance‚ and egoism. Odysseus is a cunning
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Each one of us wants to become a leader because we want to become superior and be respected. Being a leader or a superior is great fulfillment to your self because you have power to control things and demand whatever you want and most of all you gain respect from others. But you must put in your mind that being a leader is not an easy obligation to every one. The essence of being a leader is to go down to your subordinate’s level and listen to them in order for them to be inspired in working and
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Is Malema a good leader? Julius Malema‚ a single man who could be described by many words. A young troubled genius that has yet to find his place. A leader who is critiqued by the media but loved by the masses‚ the masses that gave him power. A position greater than the young man‚ I believe not for he shows the quality of a true leader. A leader has ability to be heard‚ to voice the people‚ to convey a positive message to the public. Julius Malema‚ a well renowned politician and comedian worldwide
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What makes a good leader? I believe that to become a good or even great leader one either has to be participating or tentative‚ what differentiates the two is how you go about applying them and how you integrate them into your specific style of leading. Moreover I think that a leader must lead by example‚ admit when they’re wrong‚ and recognize their subordinates’ weaknesses and individual strengths. What type of leader am I? I would like to think of myself as a colorful‚ loud‚ energetic‚ and
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“It is essential‚ therefore‚ for a Prince who desires to maintain his position‚ to have learned how to be other than good and to use or not use his goodness as necessity requires” (40 Prince). There are many views on what a good leader may be. In Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ there is a loss of a great leader who is replaced by a not so great leader. Niccolo Machiavelli’s text‚ The Prince‚ includes a list of traits that he thought a Prince should possess. An argument
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According to Machiavelli‚ a successful leader consists of five crucial characteristics. First of all‚ in order to be a great leader you should be loved and feared at the same time. However‚ being feared could be better because that way people would less likely revolt against the leader‚ but not to the point to be hated. On the other hand‚ a great leader should be supported by its people. Most importantly‚ a powerful leader should pretend to be virtuous and kind. By saying that‚ we can compare that
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Maxwell once said‚ “A leader is one who knows the way‚ goes the way‚ and shows the way.” Leadership is a set of qualities that leaders possess so as to inspire others to learn more‚ do more and become more. I believe that the essential qualities of a good leader are the qualities of being sincere‚ confident and most importantly‚ resilient. Firstly‚ sincerity is essential for leadership as it is a natural extension of the leader’s personality and this allows for each leader to be unique in their
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