The Leadership Style of Mr. Barack Obama

Leadership is an influence Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes followers who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes. that reflect their mutual purposes.

Research implies that the leaders Research implies that the leaders have a very low level of control over some have a very low level of control over some important positional power bases of important positional power bases of leadership in public organizations, notably leadership in public organizations, notably reward power, coercive power, and reward power, coercive power, and legitimate power. Therefore leading the legitimate power. Therefore leading the public agency represents a different sort public agency represents a different sort of challenges than it does in the private of challenges than it does in the private corporation. corporation.

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I. Barack Obama brings a careful, Barack Obama brings a careful, deliberative style to the White House that deliberative style to the White House that differs from President George W. Bush’s differs from President George W. Bush’s tendency to rely more heavily on his guts tendency to rely more heavily on his guts instincts. instincts.

1.1. One trait was the calm demeanor One trait was the calm demeanor that earned him the nickname that earned him the nickname among his staff of “No Drama among his staff of “No Drama Obama.”Obama.”

2. 2. Obama’s approach on foreign Obama’s approach on foreign policy is similarly cautious.policy is similarly cautious.

II. II. a confidence, openness in decision making a confidence, openness in decision making leadership styleleadership style..

1. 1. He advocated changes in the states He advocated changes in the states and his speech “and his speech “Yes, We Can Yes, We Can ChangeChange” is known by all the people in ” is known by all the people in the American. the American.

Confidence!

2. 2. He is good at listening to various He is good at listening to various viewpoints, and allows new ideas to viewpoints, and allows new ideas to come from the bottom up. He is also come from the bottom up. He is also good at weighing those views good at weighing those views rationally and pragmatically. Then rationally and pragmatically. Then he tends to make a relatively swift he tends to make a relatively swift and clear decision. His style of and clear decision. His style of leadership is to try and bring people leadership is to try and bring people together. together.

Openness

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III. III. a visionary and optimistic leadership stylea visionary and optimistic leadership style

Barack Obama has shown that he Barack Obama has shown that he has the temperament, the judgment has the temperament, the judgment and the strength of character to get and the strength of character to get the country through these hard the country through these hard times, and reclaim America's times, and reclaim America's leadership position in the world. leadership position in the world. Obama make all the American people Obama make all the American people to participate in the design and to participate in the design and implementation of the change, and implementation of the change, and show the people where the hope is.show the people where the hope is.

• In conclusion, Barack Obama’s In conclusion, Barack Obama’s leadership style suits these turbulent leadership style suits these turbulent timestimes