Annotated Bibliography Of President Barack Obama's Leadership Styles

Education is an important factor when one wants to be successful in his or her academic career. Children are especially responsible for their academic success. President Obama states in his speech to America’s school children that each individual student has to take charge of their own education. The effectiveness of President Obama’s speech has a powerful impact on school age children because he wants students everywhere in America and around the world to do their best

Leaders are the ones we turn to when life gets to be too much. Good leaders set examples and provide guidance through education (Huber, 2014). As a new nurse I can understand how important it is to have a leader you turn to when you are unsure. Furthermore, in the business of health care we are managing people 's lives and one wrong move can be deadly. Therefore, it is important to collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure a safe competent method of delivery. Ideally, the role of a leader in health care is one that is knowledgable, firm, and confident, with the ability to deviate from the plan to assist with an emergency. Consequently, the purpose of this paper is to reveal three key behaviors successful leaders exhibit, assess my personal leadership style, referencing theories, while determining an optimal work environment based upon the aforementioned.

Casse, P. (2014b). The new drivers of leadership. Training Journal, p. 29. Retrieved from academicguides.walden.edu/library

Throughout President Obama speech, the ethos was perfect and effective because President Obama is the right person to present the solution of this issue to the American people because he is most powerful person in the US, so he can convene American people. Obama is an expert in the field, so he uses a lot of strong sources that strengthen his credibility and appeal to ethos, as well as build his argument. Obama understood the opposing views and respected because of that he worked with John McCain for the republican party to find the perfect solution to be helpful for the both sides. Obama said “Joe and I worked together with our teams and we put forward a whole series of executive actions to try to tighten up the existing rules and systems

Presidents look inward and upward to know what to do, and what makes up their inner beings, not their outer, are what really matter to the people they lead. Presidents have powerful motives, both personal and patriotic, that help them to commit to the highest office in our country even when their decisions are not popular. According to Thomas, (2012) we must try to remember that the most important decisions a President makes in a crisis, with the clock ticking, are lonely ones, and a wrong judgment about the enemy could mean destruction of thousands of lives. The Eisenhower and Kennedy presidencies in the mid-twentieth century can be evaluated to compare their effectiveness or ineffectiveness as president, contrast their leadership styles, and explain the importance of direct leadership of the President to the people of the United States.

Secondly, ethos is a different technique of rhetoric. Ethos credibility of the speaker or author. When President Obama was running for president in 2008 he used ethos to display his plan for the future responsibility for upcoming reformation. He said “And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held account, to spend wisely…because only then we restore the vital, trust between a people and their government.”(Obama) Obama wanted Americans to know that the financials plans would be open to the government and help build a trust between him, the country and Americans. Americans citizens wanted a president that would listen and would be open about the government system. Many voted for Obama to change their

Boseman, G. (2008). Effective Leadership in Changing World (pp. 36–38). Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Leadership is defined as one’s ability to influence others. However, when done well that influence enlists 4 major ingredients:

3. Wilson, Robert. (December 31, 2009). Leadership vs. Power. Psychologytoday.com. September 30, 2012. Retrieved From http

There is a mind-boggling question that has been floating around the American people here lately. And the question is, “What are the qualifications to construct a good political leader?” When you think about this, other careers such as law enforcement, health professionals, educators, and even city transit drivers all have a more clear-cut job depiction on how to be successful in that career, but when it comes to the criteria for political leadership, one will find a vague description on how and what to do, and the various loop holes in certain areas in politics. So this creates an even more challenging task for people to define if a political leader is good or bad; and could possibly create a divide across the nation.

The course of a presidency is shaped by decisions made before inauguration day. The choices a president-elect makes when staffing their White House determines how they will use the precious time they will spend in the Oval Office. The management style of a president is a function of the president’s personality with consequences for the future of the country. George W. Bush and Barack Obama are different men who constructed for themselves distinctly different White Houses, each with their own priorities, strengths, and weaknesses.

Leadership, power and influence is a theme within management that is constantly developing overtime. Leaders are continuously developing new and innovative ways to empower their followers in order to get the best out of them.

Leadership is about the interaction between the leader, the followers and the situation (Hughes, Ginnett and Curphy (2015, p. 15-26). If a given situation changes, the interaction between the leaders and followers can change dramatically. The leaders who understand well this interaction have a huge advantage because leaders are able to:

Riggio, R., Chaleff, I., & Lipman-Blumen, J. (Eds) (2008). The Art of Followership How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass.

For decade’s individuals, companies, and organizations have spent an unprecedented amount of money on researching, molding, modeling and working to define what a leader is and what characteristics make successful leaders. Despite all the research, there is not a quick answer or even full agreement as to what makes an individual an effective leader. The definition of a leader is “someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority.” (Robbins, Decenzo, Coulter, 2015. P.370)