1. Practicing Strategic Leadership Chapter 15 Diane Shepherd

3. Shaping One’s Leadership Style What is Leadership Style? Leadership style refers to the composite of and interactions among all personal and professional traits and components. An individual’s personal, physical and professional facets fit comfortably in a self-reinforcing amalgam of attributes and actions, and successful leadership is the result. A reader can pick and choose to weld together a leadership style that is congruent and fits with what one genuinely believes and can consistently do.

4. Leadership……Work in Progress Leadership Styles Taken from History: George S. Patton: He believed he was predestined from on high for leadership, possessed a steely discipline. Eleanor Roosevelt: A shy, awkward, somewhat emotionally mistreated child, starved for adult recognition and peer acceptance, grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creed, races, and nations.

5. Leadership Styles Taken from History Cont. Jack Welch CEO of General Electric Under his leadership the value of the corporation soared by billions of dollars. Harry S. Truman, Self-effacing and genuinely humble, undistinguished career as a farmer, military officer, upon rising from Vice-President to Commander-in-Chief.

6. Leadership Styles Taken from History Cont. Mother Teresa, Who grew famous for selflessly ministering To lepers, the homeless, and The poorest of the poor, in the slums of Calcutta. William J. Clinton, President of U.S. from 1992-2000, was a mong the nations most charismatic presidents and husband of Hillary Rodman Clinton the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving within the administration of President Barack Obama.

7. Leadership Styles Taken from History Cont. Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. King’s style is the embodiment of strategic leadership. As a enemy of much of the nation’s power structure, he adhered to his beliefs and ultimately achieved unparalleled success.

8. Leadership Styles Taken from History Cont. Ronald Reagan, His philosophies were in many ways counter-opposites of Martin Luther King, Yet ironically, each was a absolute world class strategic leader. He was responsible for undoing the hegemony of the former Soviet Union.