Leadership

-What qualities do you possess that make you a good member of a group? 

I work well under pressure and am able to handle conflict well.

-What qualities do you possess that make you a good leader of a group? 

I can take charge, I listen to what others have to say, and when needed I am able to get everyone

on task.

-When you become part of a group, do you generally prefer leadership or not?

It honestly depends on the group as well as the task, but I prefer to simply be a member unless

I'm with really worthless group-mates. Why should I have to put my all in when someone else is

willing?

          Find the 3 styles of leaders and list 2 different qualities from the reading that each style

would most likely possess.

The three styles of leadership are 

Laissez-faire- credibility, dependability

Democratic- empathy, stewardship 

Authoritarian- dependability, courage 

          

        You are to pick two of your favorite leaders from the present or the past. You can choose

from among athletic figures, historical leaders, politicians—anyone who you believe was an

effective (or possible terrible?) leader. For example, Julius Caesar as leader of the Roman

people.

  However terrible he was Adolf Hitler was a leader, and he was a good one. My second favorite 

leader would have to be JFk, he was a true peoples leader. Hitler was a authoritarian leader who 

though very much a bad person could make himself relatable to the people he wanted to control.

JFK was a democratic leader (leadership skills wise as well as being in the democratic party) 

who was compassionate and dependable who lead his people by trying to give them what they

wanted as well as what they needed.  Both leaders were fantastic at what they did, they were 

both able to get people to cooperate with them and do their bidding. Hitler was perhaps a bit 

more talented as he was able to start a world war with his people speaking skills while JFK was 

faced with such things as starting a war but rather having to deal with the Cold War. Hitler was a

better leader than JFK but he lacked the empathy ad courage the JFK had in abundance. While

Hitler was unable to convince everyone to follow him, even the people he forced to work for 

him, JFK could fight against the people who opposed him and he was able to succeed in 

whatever he wanted to get done, which perhaps is why he was killed or so some people think. 

If I had to change anything about the way these two people lead I would change Hitlers                  

personality, he would need to seem more compassionate and show more empathy to people if 

he were to actually succeed fully in what he tried. I would not however change anything about 

the way that JFK lead his people.