Friday, October 10, 2008

7.5 Traits Approach

I found the content on leadership emergence and effectiveness to be rather interesting (p.187). As our country is in the midst of selecting a new leader, I have to take a moment to decide whether I am looking at the candidates as showing characteristics of emergence or effectiveness.

Both candidates have demonstrated leadership in their journey to the top of the ticket. Maneuvering their campaigns and making decisions daily on their personnel has highlighted their effective traits as leaders.

I find that Obama seems to be emerging as the leader. His intelligence and communications skills are by far superior to his opponent. In addition, when you compare Obama to the previous President the contrast in leadership qualities is even higher. Maybe our country is ready for a President to have some leadership characteristics that can inspire a nation and bring respectability back to the USA.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Politics is an interesting subject. It is true that Obama is a more charismatic speaker and he likes to promote change, but what has he done? What are his qualifications? Is he really a good leader, or is he just a good speaker? He hasn’t done anything as a Senator.

I believe that GOOD leadership encompasses more than speaking ability. Many people are using this as an argument against Obama, but it is hard to tell if he as what it takes to be President. It is important to realize that there are good leaders and there are bad leaders, but I think that only time will tell if he has what it takes.