Bligh's Leadership Style

Leadership can be defined as the process of identifying a goal, motivating others, and make them to achieve the mutually goals (Giltinane, 2013). According to Humphreys (2002), successful leaders do this by applying their leadership knowledge and skills. A good leadership is not only good at management, but also use different leadership styles in different situations. A successful corporation must has a good leader who have the flexible ability which can provide a suitable leadership to make the company successful. Furthermore, there have no perfect leadership styles in the world. Different leader have different leadership styles which also have the different strengths and weaknesses (Ali & Waqar, 2013). Leaders need to consider

Leadership is, and always has been, a vital aspect of social and economic constructs. It is essential to the survival of societies, industries, organizations, and virtually any group of individuals that come together for a common purpose. However, leadership is difficult to define in a single, definitive sense. As such, theories of leadership, what constitutes a great leader, and how leaders are made have evolved constantly throughout history, and still continue to change today in hopes of improving upon our understanding of leadership, its importance, and how it can be most effective in modern organizational cultures.

Leadership is the elaboration of group inspiration. One person entrusted as leader can implore the aid, and support of supporters in the accomplishment of a common mission. According to Gurdjian, Halbeisen, and Lane “Becoming a more effective leader often requires changing behavior. But although most companies recognize that this also means adjusting underlying mind-sets, too often these organizations are reluctant to address the root causes of why leaders act the way they do” (Gurdjian, Halbeisen, and Lane, 2014) However, today abundant businesses engross importance on the improvement of leaders. Some of the ultimate leaders were formerly followers, such as in instructive businesses. One aspect as leaders many have to contemplate in striving

He notes that the crew seemed relieved by the departing Commander and realized that he must come up with a new leadership model to reach his crew. As he noted in the introduction that high percentage of turnover among crew bothered him and he notes some trends in society that contribute to this problem. The long economic boom had made most people unafraid of losing their jobs, or finding new ones. Thus he believed it manager’s challenge to retain them by motivating them to “work with passion, energy, and enthusiasm.” (p.12) By reading over the exit surveys he assumed as many that low pay was a main reason for people leaving, but was shocked when it was in fact 5th. The top four are strikingly similar to the slide we studied in class on “What Associates Want from Their Job” in wanting appreciation, ability to make impact, not being listened to, and more responsibility. This helped him understand his crew better and try to “see the ship through the eyes of the crew.” (p.13) He encouraged his crew to challenge the way in which they carried out their jobs by asking, “Is there a better way to do what you do?” If so, then he wanted them to take the responsibility one their own to implement the change, unless it involved major implications.

This media example is a clip from the popular television show “Band of Brothers”. The clip shows an airborne infantry captain, Captain Sobel, as he prepares his men for war. Throughout the clip he adheres to military regulations strictly and makes sure his men do the same. He also administers very heavy punishments upon his men despite the already exhausting workload he expects them to complete. Also featured in the video is Lieutenant Winters who is more understanding of the men and contrasts Sobel’s leadership style.

The film Mutiny on the Bounty tells the story of a merchant ship lead by Captain William Bligh and Lieutenant Fletcher Christian (Milestone & Reed, 1962). The Bounty was on a mission to harvest breadfruit trees from Tahiti and transport them to Jamaica to become a source of cheap food for slaves in the British West Indies (Milestone & Reed, 1962). After a long and grueling excursion, a mutiny occurs that divides the crew members and leads to chaos. This paper will attempt to compare and contrast the leadership styles of Bligh and Christian and how it impacted the actions of the crew members.

According to organisational behaviour by McShane, leadership is defined as influencing, motivating and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organisation of which they are members (page 382, McShane).Becoming an effective leader depends on the leader’s leadership style. Successful leaders have vision and charisma, also the leader should have an ongoing personality, talkative, careful and self-disciplined. The leader must also have self-concept

The renowned 1962 motion picture, Mutiny on the Bounty sheds light on the leadership styles of Captain William Bligh (Captain Bligh) and Lt. Fletcher Christian (Christian) who were the two main characters in the movie. Both men occupied positions on the ship that was bound for destination in Jamaica, West Indies. Captain William Bligh throughout the film portrayed qualities of an autocratic leader which is also called authoritarian leaders interchangeably. Lt. Fletcher Christian however, had leadership styles of a democratic leader.

In this paper I will identify and explain the leadership concepts that I learned in this class using characters from the film Finding Nemo. To do so I will provide examples of transformative leadership and describe the impact it had on others. I will also explain how the characters acquired their leadership effectiveness by identifying experiences that were instrumental in their leadership development.

The contents and assignment in this course has helped me understand the various theories of leadership and how different leadership styles can have a negative or positive effect on followers and organizations. The leadership theories helped me understand the concept of leadership better because it educates me on the different leadership options that are available. Leadership and followership is not based on specific characteristics. Leaders must draw from things and approaches to find the right style. A follower’s attitude determines the way a leader leads. According to Johnson (2011) “Being a good follower means ensuring your boss is supported, but only if he is making optimum decisions”.

The 1954 film The Caine Mutiny tells the story of an seemingly attempted mutiny aboard the USS Caine. Based on the book by the same name, The Caine Mutiny focuses on the tension between a newly appointed commander and the crew of the ship. Prior to the new commander’s arrival, the crew on the ship do not always follow the strict rules of the Navy, and the new commander begins to enforce them. As the movie progresses, it seems as though the new commander is the antagonist; he is very harsh with the crew and is frequently punishing them. In addition, one of the crew members, Lieutenant Keefer, persuades the other members that the new commander is mentally unfit, leading to a perceived mutiny. However, it is revealed that Keefer is behind the removal of the commander due to his hatred of the Navy. The Caine Mutiny tells the story of a clash between the commander and the crews members of the USS Caine and the theme of how perceptions can be distorted is still relevant today.

The purpose of this paper is to reflect and make an analysis of the general strengths and weaknesses of a leader, provide recommendations, thoughts of overall performance to improve on this person’s leadership style in which practices and theories were utilized most effectively. Upon such, draw conclusions and provide an integration of this leadership practice into my own leadership practice. The accomplishment of this will be achieved by identifying several key practices from published documents surrounding and encompassing the leader, and comparing them to known relative concepts for a holistic view of the approach.

Furthermore, many times there are questions of what type of characteristics makes a good leader and how do one successfully achieve the rank of general. In the book, Nineteen Stars: A Study in Military Character and in Leadership by Edgar F. Puryear, Jr., the author interviews four generals and their perspectives of their styles of leadership. The four men in which the author interviews are General of the Army George C. Marshall, General of the Army Dougals MacArthur, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General of the Army George S. Patton, Jr. These men give their views from different stages within their careers. It is noted that every officer experiences different phases of setback within their careers. The purpose of this book report is to show how character and leadership evolved within the

A leader is defined as a person with responsibility to influence one or more followers and directing them to achieve a set objective (Sethuraman, 2014). In order to achieve that set of objectives effortlessly, effectively, and efficiently, the most important and valued trait of a leader is an effective leadership styles. Effective leadership styles are required in every organization at every level to be successful. The success or failure of an organization depends on the quality of leadership particularly on the part of top management. An effective leadership style can be developed on the basis of understanding of the situations (Sethuraman, 2014). Top management should know which leadership style is needed based on the situation to be most effective to gain trust and respect from their employee. There is no single method of influencing the behavior of employees for every situation. The employee’s level of knowledge on the task and can determine which leadership style that will be most effective for the situation. Preparing leaders to lead

The word ‘leadership’ often times triggers a preconceived image of an ideal leader—typically accompanied by the aura that the effective leader should be at the top of the hierarchy, ready to produce the solutions to complex problems. However, this is not true of leadership, given that effective leadership is not achieved by position but rather through style and situational awareness. Examining leadership requires the consideration of the catalysts for different types of leaders. Popular leader development theories tend to focus on the natural servitude of the leader, his or her capability to manage, and leader behavior.