Napoleon Bonaparte Leadership Style

B. INTRODUCTION TO THE LEADER
I. Background information of Napoleon Bonaparte:
• Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) is considered as one of the world 's greatest military leaders. He was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He was the fourth, and second surviving, child of Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer, and his wife, LetiziaRamolino.
• The Corsican Buonapartes were descended from minor Italian nobility of Tuscan origin, who had come to Corsica from Liguria in the 16th century.
• Napoleon 's noble, moderately affluent background afforded him greater opportunities to study than were available to a typical Corsican of the time
• In January 1779, Napoleon was enrolled at a religious school in Autun. In May he was admitted to a military academy at

I choose the result of study in Iowa University conducted by Kurt Lewis to evaluate the case of this brilliant military strategist. According to this study, there are three main leadership styles. They are Autocratic, Democratic and Laisse-fair (known to be free style). Different from decentralization power in Democratic or delegating power in Laisser-fair, Autocratic centralize the power to the one and only one leader – the way Napoleon chose to led his army. An autocratic leader is one who makes decisions without the opinion of others involved in it. This style of leadership is particularly used in military conventions where the leader does not need to consult the sub ordinate for help in

He understood that a leader must win the trust of people is leading. We can easily found the way he won his follower’s trust and loyalty by looking into his first time as a commanding general. He took the advantage of situation that his soldiers were in no condition to win any battles because they had been lead by incompetent leaders and were ill kept. When Napoleon arrived he changed everything. He encouraged his followers that: “Soldiers, you are naked and ill fed. No fame shines upon you. I win lead you to the most fertile planes in the world… you will find there honor, glory and riches” He first won the trust of his generals and then the loyalty of his soldiers by promising them victory and glory. After defeating his enemy and won many gold and silver, he paid his soldiers using the gold and silver he obtained. This was the first real money the soldiers had seen in months. Napoleon knew that if their effort was paid appreciatively, the soldiers would perform with an intense sense of duty to their country and