I found this article on the Washington post site. It is about the leadership style that Hillary Clinton used during her democratic campaign for president. It shows how she personally related to average American citizens in the United States. It relates to a number of leadership issues that we have studied and are going to study throughout the semester.
Hillary Clinton is a determined, strong willed and emotional human being. Throughout Mrs. Clinton's early career she has been known as a stern, strong willed woman who had to take on the masculine style of leadership to persevere in the politician society. Hillary’s emotional side was exposed in a public press conference in New Hampshire.
Hillary Clinton showed her true emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive and express emotions, to use emotions to facilitate thinking, to understand and reason with emotions, and showing that someone is capable of emotions. Hillary Clinton broke out of her shell and showed that she could connect with the average woman in the United States.
Hillary Clinton had to show her true self to be a contender for the presidency in 2008. Hillary Clinton was using the authentic style of leadership, which will be talked about later this semester. Authentic leaders exhibit their genuine selves. Hillary Clinton showed us many of the characteristics of an authentic leader. She illustrated her passion for the United States by believing in herself and showing true passion for this country. She also presented examples in her speeches of her own life that compared to life experiences of the average woman in America. Her life stories showed her deep connectedness towards the women in this country. Hillary Clinton ultimately had to adapt to the situation and change her leadership style to have a chance of becoming the first female president in United States history.
My question to the group is did Hillary Clinton’s authentic leadership style help you feel a connection to her while she run for president? And did this make a difference in your vote for president? Or have you known an authentic leader in your life and if so did you like their leadership style and why?
-Mitchell Terry-
I did really appreciate Hillary Clinton coming out of her shell a bit in order to show us her true colors. However, it also showed how vulnerable she was. Even as a women I didn't want to vote for her because the presidency in my opinion is the hardest job in America. You need to be extremely strong willed and be able to handle anything that comes your way. I didn't want to vote for Hillary because all I could think of was her having an emotional break down in front of America if we were to have another crisis like 9/11. Times like those we all have enough of our emotions, I don't think we could handle a leader who couldn't pull it together for the good of the people. So, overall I think she would have been better off not showing her emotional side. In cases like this where women are already looked down on, need to keep up their masculine identity in order to gain such a position. America is always supporting change, but that change may be too great for voters. As bad as it sounds I think if a women wants to gain the presidency she needs to take baby steps to gain the trust of Americans everywhere.
ReplyDelete-Danielle Sparacino
While I do think her ability to lower her barriers and show people another side of herself to make her more approachable as a candidate, I don't think it really helped her gain any votes. Though my opinion was unchanged by this, I really just think people weren't ready for a female president. As Danielle said, baby steps! I do think people will be much more receptive to the idea next time around if she decides to run again, or if another woman decides to run. Given how far Hilary got last time, I think it's fair to say that women definitely have a much better shot next time around.
ReplyDelete-Geoffrey Ali