Mahatma Gandhi: The Qualities Of An Effective Leader

Leader...the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. When looking back to the book “Animal Farm,” we can acknowledge Napoleon forcing Snowball off the farm with the use of dogs in order to be in ownership or leader of Animal Farm. Many are debatable about what makes up an effective leader. Seeking the qualities that a leader needs to be effective requires a lot of hard work and dedication not only for himself but for the community. Leadership will continuously develop over time while people are taking the initiative to be there for that leader and rely on him/her. According to Jacob Shriar, he explains “It’s a tough job that requires balancing the personality styles, conflicts, and interests of everyone

An excellent, concrete example pertains to a man that goes by Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was a very entitled and ambitious leader. Inspiring all Indians to recognize and learn resistance through compliant civil defiance, he empowered all Indians on a salt march to the untrustworthy British economic system. Mahatma Gandhi gave people the sense of self-respect and a feeling of honor in their civilization. Being more than a politician, he is a man of vision. His way of acknowledging his leadership is by authorizing himself as a slave of his peers in India. Mahatma Gandhi’s strategy was to practice what he preached. Addressing millions of underprivileged in his country, people looked up to him and recognized their personal struggles as if he was one of them. Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent methods ensured the great honor and well respected within the Indian society. Leading his followers to great success, Mahatma Gandhi gave people the confidence where there may be nothing. Mahatma Gandhi will forever be labeled as a transformational leader with long-term vision and

Throughout his life-span of being a public speaker, writer, debater, humorist and conversationalist, his words continue to inspire as well as entertain us to this today. With only one year of formal schooling, Lincoln was able to accomplish his mastery of language and expression. As a kid, he would practice by public speaking with his friends, addressing each and every one of them. During the days that Lincoln was a lawyer, he would spend most of his days actively studying Shakespeare as well as meeting up with his friends and as a group, they would have a contest of storytelling. When pushing himself into the political system, Abraham Lincoln used his strengths to destroy his enemies with a strong force of travesty and criticism. A concrete example includes the political gathering in 1840. To increase the chants of the crowd, Lincoln would spice things up a bit by copying along with taunting his opponent. Jess Thomas, an American operator tenor, broke down into tears while attending this political gathering and going forward, people labeled this as “the skinning of Thomas.” Reading many articles about Lincoln’s leadership, we can acknowledge Lincoln as a great leader and will never be