A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

—John Maxwell

PRESENTATION : (LEADERSHIP)

BY

MEMBERS:Muhammad Saqib

Abid ur RehmanSadia bibi

NaveedGiven by:Sir BABAR JAMIL

BARACK H. OBAMA (As a Leader)

“Content”…. Biography Personality Traits Attitudes Behavior & Styles Comparison with

Abraham Lincoln Model Power & Influencing

Tactics Leadership lessons

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4th 1961

Family moved to the Indonesia in 1967

Schooling in Jakarta (age 6 to 10) Returned to Honolulu to live with

his grandparents in 1971 Punahou School( grades fifth to

high school graduation in 1979)

Early Life

College Years

Occidental College Los Angeles in 1979

Columbia University in New York Graduate in 1983 with B.A Worked with Business International

Corporation and the New York Public Interest Research Group

Director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP) from June 1985 to May 1988

Traveled to Europe for the first time in 1988

Harvard Law School late in 1988 Graduated in 1991 from Harvard with

a J.D Director of Illinois’s "Project Vote”

from April to October 1992 Constitutional law professor at the

University of Chicago Law School. 

College Years

Elected to the Illinois Senate for the 13th District  In 1996

Chairman of the Illinois Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee In January 2003

2004 election campaign for U.S. Senate

Resigned from the Illinois Senate in November of 2004

Political career

Announced his candidacy on February 10, 2007

Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House of David” speech

Campaign against John McCain Joe Biden as his vice presidential running

mate, August 23, 2008 Obama was sworn in as president of the

United States of America on January 20th, 2009

Presidential Candidacy

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, in 2009

Winning campaign against John McCain. First African American, became the

President of US. Re-Elected 2nd time , sworn in as

president on January 20th, 2013 Wining campaign against Mitt Romney

44th President of USA

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Integrity Self Confidence Intelligence Sensitivity to others Respect Fairness Citizenship Caring

Leadership Traits

Big 5 Model of Personality Traits

SURGENCY

AGREEABLEN

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TCONSCIENTIOU

S-NESS

OPENNESS To

EXPERIENCE

Have Authority

Respect of Followers

Sensitivity to others

Integrity Intelligence

Care of followers Calm under pressure

Self- confidence Seek Change

Citizenship

Obama exemplifies high scores in :

agreeableness (getting alone with others)

adjustment (emotional stability)

openness to experience (achievement)

Big 5 Model of Personality Traits

Obama & Achievement Motivation Theory

Obama have : High need for

achievement; moderate need for affiliation; low need for power

ATTITUDES

President Obama would fall under Theory Y. Due to ; his emotional intelligence

He is also quoted saying “I don’t get too high when things are going well and I don’t get too low when things are going tough”.

Obama & Theory Y

BEHAVIOR & STYLES

Transformational-charismatic Cross-Cultural-Global Leadership More pragmatic than ideological More task- than relationship

oriented High need for achievement;

moderate need for affiliation; low need for power

Leadership Styles

The leadership style of Obama is more Democratic

Autocratic Democratic

Obama & University of Iowa

Comparison with Abraham Lincoln

Obama is able to inspire through speaking.

Getting straight to the hard issues while still creating the feeling of national unity for his listeners.

skill that is close to Lincoln’s amazing speaking abilities.

Speaking Skill

Obama, much like Lincoln, finds himself elected in the middle of a crisis.

National Issues for Lincoln: Civil War, Reconstruction

National Issues for Obama: Economic Crisis, Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Climate Change

Situation

Lincoln was the republican candidate in 1860 who was known as a moderate who could appeal to the West.

Lincoln won his campaign by telling his life story, a child raised in poverty who made his way to the top. 

Obama won his campaign by creating hope of a better tomorrow for his country

"Yes We Can"

Campaign

POWER & INFLUENTIAL TACTICS

Obama used Personal Power before elected as a President.

Now he uses both Personal Power & Position Power.

Source of Power

Obama uses mostly ;

Legitimate Power Referent Power

Types of Power

Power & influential Tactics

TYPE OF POWER

INFLUENCING TACTICS

LEGITIMATE POWER LEGITIMIZATION

RATIONAL PERSUATIONAL

CONSULTATION

REFERENT POWER INSPIRATIONAL APPEALS

PERSONAL APPEAL

LEADERSHIP MODEL

Obama uses mostly ;

Contingency Leadership Model Leader-member Exchange Model

Obama & leadership model

LEADERSHIP LESSONS

References

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