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Leadership

Leadership 1
The leadership is all about the act of an individual to influence followers and
members of an organization. Leadership comprises making sound decisions and establishing
attainable goals and offering followers with the information and tools essential to attain goals.
This essay comprises the leadership of Barack Obama and his behaviour has been analysed in
the light of the theories.
The personality of Barack Obama is relative to the trait model of the leadership as it
helps in predicting leadership effectiveness. The capabilities of Obama are compared to the
potential leaders in order to assess the likelihood of success or failure. Obama has definitely
abilities, interests and personality traits which are quite different than other leaders. The traits
which make Obama different from other leaders is a desire to lead, self-confidence, honesty,
intelligence, drive and the job-relevant knowledge (Lay, Chotisukan & Kochasit, 2018). The
traits possessed are little more than the characteristics which are possessed naturally by the
persons. Obamapracticed trait leadership in every aspect in order to evaluate his position. It
even helped Obama in identifying the strengths and weaknesses along with developing the
leadership qualities (Wasike, 2017).
Barack Obama has always been a leader whereas assisting the community made him a
public figure and later a well-known politician. The leadership skills that made him an
excellent politician and leader are conviction and perseverance, change, taking risks, we
attitude, the art of communication and turning ends into the new beginnings. Obama always
believed that if something is appropriate and you realize that you are on the right track then
you should influence others and get the message across. The change as a leadership skill
helped in the campaign initiated by Obama becoming successful. The word change was not
just used by Obama for the campaign but in his eight years tenure. Obama attained so much
by just executing change in every facet of running the country. Whenever Obama delivers a
speech, he always represents the aspects as ‘we’ than ‘I’. It is a smart way to engage the
audience in a conversation. It makes the audience to believe that they have contributed
something positive to a source (Lehmann-Willenbrock, et al. 2015). As a part of the
leadership skills, Obama commended people to take risks. The people persuaded to take risks
in life are benefiting from the act than being a fail. The art of communication is reflected in
the way he talks to a person. Along with the communication, listening, writing and reading
are deliberated to be important skills of Obama. His Excellency can be observed in the way
he talks regardless of the age, gender, and race of a person. Obama uses positive public

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reaction and emotion to instigate a fresh project which assists in completes a new task with
the ease (Kotzé & Nel, 2015).
The leadership of Obama is relationship focused as he believed in creating a culture of
openness, integrity, and fortitude throughout the campaign. The messages conveyed are
powerful and creates a sense of unity among people. The behavior of Obama is influenced by
personal characteristics. It helped him in staying above and strengthens the strong reputation
(Storey, 2016). Obama’s good behavior helped in staying above the dispute and enabled him
to construct successful leadership. His statement “leadership you can trust and change you
can believe in” reflects his leadership and accomplishments. His approach to avoiding
negative behavior helped in burning the bridges. He validated the strength in several ways
and stood strong in his convictions. The highly ethical behavior of Obama has assisted in
serving a solid foundation for leadership. He even persuaded millions of people in attaining
their vision (Hargrove, 2015).
The behavior of Obama best fits the employee and work environment to attain a goal.
The goal of Obama has always been to increasing motivation of people along with the
empowerment and satisfaction. It even helped people in becoming productive in their life and
they contributed more towards the organization. The leadership of Obama leans towards
specific elements from Path-Goal theory as he has done everything for the people comprising
black Americans. His presidential changed the world people live in. he believed in the
changes as it helps a society to progress. He motivated people by working hard and meeting
responsibilities. A person can go ahead with this kind of perspective. He guided people to go
above racism, segregation, and discrimination (Carter & Dowe, 2015). It helped them in
overcoming adversities and become pioneers. They got freedom in the human race and got
equality in the human race. Obama even set personal goals to attain achievement for the
country. He even inspired to take risks and face challenges in order to attain the goals. During
the tenure, Obama faced several challenges yet endured by making decisions. He continued
to serve as an example of courage and leadership (McGuire, et al. 2016).
Obama was elected as forty-fourth presidents of the US in 2008. During the tenure,
the leadership of Obama was defined at times as servant, transformational, dysfunctional,
charismatic, non-existent and extreme. Obama treated all the followers in the same manner.
Irrespective of the several insights, Obama interacted with many in order to attain goals and