In the article Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership, written by Tom Loughman and John Finley, they claim that the epic poem could inform current leadership practice and teaching (p 155). In the article Loughman and Finley describe in depth how charismatic leaders are able to articulate an inspirational vision and by behaviors and actions that foster an impression that they and their mission are extraordinary. They also write how Beowulf is fearless and confident which makes him a charismatic
Leader is Beowulf? In A Journal of Leadership Education, also known as Beowulf the Teaching of Leadership, written by D. Tom Loughman and D. John Finley analyzes Beowulf’s historical and cultural background. In this passage, we can acquire knowledge of how the heroic poem, Beowulf, was composed. You can also learn about the comitatus, friendship they used to have with the Germans. It gives us information about the three episodes of Beowulf, you can learn about how strong Grendel and Beowulf were. In
The journal “Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership” by Tom Loughman and John Finley, explore the ideas and examples of leadership while simultaneously connecting Beowulf to that characteristic. The authors talk about Beowulf in an admirable way, connecting current stories and films to help the readers relate to their traits of a leader (pg. 161). Even though Beowulf can be seen as portraying more than a few vices, the authors go into the depths of Beowulf and his mannerisms to defend their argument
Dr. John Finley and Dr. Tom Loughman provide understanding for all professions ranging from leadership researchers to management in their article, Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership. The authors describe how charismatic leadership relates to the main character of the epic poem, Beowulf. This relationship deals with both positive and negative attributes of a charismatic leader in today’s society. They also provided enough support and claims on why Beowulf is a such a great example of being a charismatic
“Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership” is an article written by Tom Loughman and John Finley. The article has intuition on leadership, motivation, trust, respect, loyalty, and sacrifice. The article has compelling points about Beowulf as a leader fits into the Conger and Kanungo’s charismatic leader model, his role as a charismatic leader, as well as the risk following in over relying in a charismatic leader. I agree with all the points discussed in this article. Tom and Loughman explain how Beowulf’s
The article Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership written by Tom Loughman, Ph.D., and John Finley, Ph.D. was quite informative on the characteristics of a charismatic leader. They did a tremendous job by using Beowulf as a leader to check off the Conger-Kanungo guidelines.The main purpose of their research was to look at Beowulf's leader-like characteristics through evaluation of his band of warriors and kingdom. Then piggybacking off of that they take the risks of following, and over-relying on
The tale of Beowulf has been taught and studied for hundreds of years. As such, it only makes sense logically that scholars should discern certain lessons from the text, relevant to the original tellers’ lives and to our own. Throughout the poem, we see examples of leaders in Hrothgar and Beowulf, both epitomizing great leadership and displaying characteristics that people could learn from today. Beowulf shows us that a great leader inspires courage in his followers, remains true to his word, can
those whom support, love and protect their team, the public, and or the country, and those who hate, torment and bring despair to the people like in this very generation right now. Tom Loughman and John Finley created an article called titled “Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership”, its main claim is about whether Beowulf was a great leader or not. The article states about Beowulf’s traits and the story to see if he is a leader or not. To support their claims, the authors used a model called “Conger
Does beowulf the hero fit into the model of an charismatic leader? One have to think how beowulf shows the right acts of being a leader or hero and what qualities he have to shows to prove himself as an charismatic leader. The authors Tom Loughman and John Finley of the article ’Beowulf and the teaching of leadership’ shows us great facts that shown us how beowulf is an leader. This article gave me such good examples and other sources that compare to beowulf also how he show as a leader. Furthermore
comparison by Tom Loughman and John Finley in Beowulf and the teaching of Leadership, I could see what points they were trying to create when they compared leadership and Beowulf. To inform you what this excerpt is about, is basically the authors annotating and sighting evidence as to how there is leadership in the mystical story of Beowulf. They go through each episode or chapter and give a brief description of what happened during this part of the story, the authors also state how Beowulf has the features