Dwight Ike EisenhowerDone by: Jonah Heng, Chan Chin Kiat, Lionell Loh, Lim Yi Fan

Dwight David"Ike" Eisenhower

DEFINITION OF “LEADER”

• A leader is the person who directs or controls a group, organization, country

• He is the one who makes important decisions that will affect his group of followers

• At the country level, there are many ways a leader can make these decisions and these ways of making decisions define a leader’s leadership style

DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP

• Leadership is influence (John C. Maxwell)

• Influence is the ability to affect the way other’s think and act 

• How powerful a leader is is defined by how much influence he can spread over his followers, and make them think and act in the way he wants them to do so.

LEADERSHIP STYLES

Affliative

Authoritarian

Charismatic

Visionary

Hands-off

Exemplary

1. Position 1. Position RightsPeople follow you because they have to.

2. Permission2. PermissionRelationships People follow you because they want to.

3. Production3. ProductionResultsPeople follow because of what you have done for the organization

4. People Development4. People DevelopmentReproductionPeople follow because of what you have done for them

5. Pinnacle 5. Pinnacle RespectPeople follow because of who you are and what you represent.

The 5 Levels

of Leadership

1.   Born on October 14, 1890

2.   Attended Abilene high School, employed as a night foreman at the Belle Springs creamery

3.   Worked 2 years to support his brother Edgar’s college education

4.   Eisenhower later said that "not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest.

EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY

5.   Eisenhower enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1911. His parents, who were against militarism, did not object to his entering West Point because they supported his

education. Eisenhower was a strong athlete and

enjoyed notable successes in his competitive endeavors.

6.    During World War I, Eisenhower became the #3 leader of the new tank corps

and rose to temporary (Bvt.) Lieutenant Colonel in the National Army. During the war

he trained tank crews at "Camp Colt"—his first command—on the grounds of "Pickett's

Charge" on the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Civil War battle site. Ike and his tank crews

never saw combat.

1.   5 Star General in the United States Army

2.   34th President of the United States

3.   During World War ll, he served as supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe.

4.   Responsible for the successful invasion of France and German from the Western Front

EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY

5.   1951, became the first supreme commander of NATO

6.   Entered the 1952 preseidential race to counter the non-interventionism of Sen, and also to crusade against “ Communism, Korea and corruption”

7.   Won by a landslide defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson and ending 2 decades of the New deal coalition holding the white house

8.   Often ranked in the top 10 among all U.S. presidents.

EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY

Road to Presidency

•A Republican, Eisenhower entered the 1952 presidential race to counter the non-interventionism of Sen. Robert A. Taft, and to crusade against "Communism, Korea and corruption". He won a landslide victory, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson and ending two decades of the New Deal Coalition holding the White House.

Achievements

NEW DEAL INTERSTATE HGHWAY

CENTRAL INTEL. COLD WAR

• The New Deal is a series of economic programs, first implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1936 in response to the Great Depression. The New Deal focuses on relief, recovery and reform.• The Social Security Act protects the welfare of Americans in various areas such as unemployment and health issues etc

NEW DEAL

•He continued and expanded all the major New Deal programs still in operation, especially Social Security, despite arguments from anti-New Deal Republicans and Democrats

•New cabinet-level agency• Department of Health, Education and Welfare

• Extended benefits to additional ten million workers

NEW DEAL

Achievements

NEW DEAL INTERSTATE HGHWAY

CENTRAL INTEL. COLD WAR

• Enduring achievement

• Essential to American security during the Cold War

• Large cities would be targets in a possible future war, and the highways were designed to evacuate them and allow the military to move in.

INTERSTATE HGHWAY

Achievements

NEW DEAL INTERSTATE HGHWAY

CENTRAL INTEL. COLD WAR

•Help to stem the spread of communism in other countries

• Eisenhower also frequently authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to undertake secret interventions to overthrow unfriendly governments or protect reliable anti-Communist leaders whose power was threatened.

• Examples: Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954

CENTRAL INTEL.

Achievements

NEW DEAL INTERSTATE HGHWAY

CENTRAL INTEL. COLD WAR

• Six months after he became president, Eisenhower secured an agreement that ended three years of fighting in Korea.

•He maintained pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, gave priority to inexpensive nuclear weapons and reduced the other forces to save money

COLD WAR

Leadership Style

AUTHORITATIVE VISIONARY

• Seen from the forceful implementation of the New Deal

• Involvement in stopping communism in other countries

•Authorization of CIA to intervene with foreign governments

AUTHORITATIVE

Leadership Style

AUTHORITATIVE VISIONARY

• Seen from the forceful implementation of the New Deal

• Involvement in stopping communism in other countries

•Authorization of CIA to intervene with foreign governments

VISIONARY

• Interstate Highway System• Secured the country’s security in the future

•Gave priority to inexpensive nuclear weapons• Secured money for the country to focus on other important factors

VISIONARY

Why is he a great leader?

•He was able to inspire others with his commitment of serving the country• His aides respected him for his sound judgment

•He was able to plan the future for his country

•He made forceful act to get his ideas through which brought about positive change

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