HPL Presentation - Leadership

Abraham Lincoln

Presented by Gaurish Chaulkar Haaris Baraskar Shrikant Gosavi Yogendra Bhosale Pratik Tambe

Leadership

Leadership is influencing the activities of people in its efforts towards goal setting and goal achievement. Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.

The task of the leader is to get his/her people from where they are to where they have not been.

What is leadership?
Leading people

Influencing people

Commanding people

Guiding people

Leadership Traits

Intelligence More intelligent than non-leaders Scholarship Knowledge Being able to get things done Physical Doesnt see to be correlated

Personality Verbal facility Honesty Initiative Aggressive Self-confident Ambitious Originality Sociability Adaptability

Biography

Born: February 12, 1809. Birthplace: Near Hodgenville, Kentucky. Died: April 15, 1865 (assassination). Best Known As: The Civil war President.

More about Lincoln

Lincoln's parents were uneducated, illiterate farmers. His formal education consisted of perhaps 18 months of schooling from unofficial teachers. In effect he was self-educated, studying every book he could borrow He mastered the Bible, William Shakespeare's works, English history and American history. He avoided hunting and fishing and spent much of his time reading.

Career

Lincoln was 16th president of the United States.

He was a self-made man from the frontier.

He became a leading lawyer in Illinois, U.S.

He won the 1860 presidential nomination.

He led the country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis also promoting economic and financial modernization. Lincoln has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. presidents.

Abraham Lincoln The Leader

Abraham Lincoln is an ambiguous figure in history and literature. He possessed a great sense of humor. Under his leadership and largely because of it, U.S. completed the implementation of the promise that was contained in the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln not only had that deep feeling about the founding and its principles, but he also recognized what we might call the transitional role of the President, as the leader of the country, in passing on these critical values to future generations.

Contd

He tended to be strikingly flexible while, at the same time, a model of consistency. He had the courage to carry with him to the White House his main strategy of simply ignoring slander. He had good communication with the people. He behaved Open-Mindedly. He would see as many people as often as he possibly could. He spent 75% of his time among the people.

Lincoln in the peoples eye

Lincoln was a natural leader. Lincoln was a natural wanderer. Lincoln was a team management style leader.

Qualities & Style

Why was Abraham Lincoln is considered as a good leader?

Lincoln was able to unite the country. One of the biggest things he did was the Emancipation Proclamation. When he wrote it, many states had left the Union and which ultimately led to the end of the Civil War. When it was put into effect on January 1, 1863, slavery was ended. Even though many people ridiculed his actions, he stood firm and did what he thought was right for the country.

What qualities made President Abraham Lincoln unique?

He could virtually disarm his enemies with his highly moralistic, skillful leadership. His leadership style

included a strong presence of interpersonal relationship and teamwork.

A Transformational Leader

Lincoln was a transformational leader.

Visionary Rhetorical skills Trust-building Empowerment Gave high levels of positive emotional energy Emphasized on changing core attitudes and belief

Lincoln was compelled to unify the nation by force of arms, and he also sought to unify the people themselves emotionally by patience, compassion, and persuasion.

Is Lincoln a Charismatic Leader ?

Leaders are more likely to be considered charismatic if they:

Advocate a vision that is extreme. Convey high levels of self confidence and enthusiasm. Attract followers.

Yes! Lincoln is charismatic yet unassuming.

Inspirational Motivation

Lincoln had the communication ability to persuade and influence his people. His communication served as motivation, value-shaping and aligned people toward goals. He communicated his expectations by writing letters and telling stories.

He also persuaded people in private conversations. Both ways helped build spirit and let people become committed to the vision.
Through various kinds of communications public speaking, story telling, letter writing etc, Lincoln had successfully preached his vision and transformed the whole nation, the people as well as himself.

Quote

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe ~ Abraham Lincoln

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