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How Is Odysseus A Good Leader

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Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. In the Odyssey, Odysseus needed to make a lot of decisions that are right for himself and his crew. He needed to get out of hard situations without loosing crew member or loosing his own life. Odysseus was a strong leader and did everything he could to help his crew because he needed to find a way out Cyclops' cave and he needed to choose whether or not he wanted to lose 6 crew members or lose everything.

To begin with, Odysseus goes on this journey to get back home to Ithaca but, along the way him and his crew get in situations and Odysseus needs to find a way out in order to live. The story, The Cyclops, it states, "Three abreast I tied them silently together, twining cords of willow from ogre's bed; then slung a man under each middle one to ride there safely, shielded left and right." Odysseus and his crew needed to figure out a way …show more content…

In the story, The Cyclops, he had to either be eaten alive or figure out a way out of the cave. Odysseus and his crew members found a good way out. In the story, The Sirens Scylla and Charybdis, Odysseus needed to make a good decision that best helped him get out of that situation, he either had to choose going through Charybdis, which was a maelstrom, and lose everything including the ship or chose Scylla and lose 6 members of his crew. He chose to go through Scylla. All in all, it can be concluded that Odysseus was the strongest he could be and did everything he could. Sometimes people just give up and stop fighting but not Odysseus or his men, they all kept fighting and working together to get back home to Ithaca faster. No matter the situation, keep fighting and be a good leader not only for yourself but for

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