Define the attributes of a leader Define the skills required Explain the importance of
by a team leader adapting leadership style
to suit a particular
situation
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is a Team leadership is the
democratic leader, as he management of a group of
listens to the point of view of people brought together to
the other people and he has work to achieve a common
many skills in terms of a goal.
leader. In order to get everyone to
work as one functioning
His skills are: team, the leader must
- Good communication motivate and inspire his or
skills her followers.
Barack Obama is the 44th and current - Decision making Leadership of a team
President & Senator of the United - Strong and decisive involves assigning
States. leader followers to tasks,
He is a democratic leader because the - Problem solving skills supporting members, and
elected members of government have - Interpersonal skills overseeing projects. While
a say just as much as he does. leadership skills may be the
His attributes(qualities) are: As a democratic leader, most difficult to quantify,
Barack Obama involves the they are also arguably the
- Vision: As a U.S. Senator he had people in the decision- most important ones a
the vision that entering the Iraq making, although the process business team leader must
War was wrong; he get involved for the final decision may possess.
locally as a community vary from the leader having
organizer, which helped him the final say to them It is important to adapt
relate on a more personal level. facilitating consensus in the leadership stales to suite
group. different situations
- Good decision making : he took depending on
the decision to attack the Osama Democratic decision-making Situations
Bin-Laden compound, and he is usually appreciated by the Team members
was successful ; he decided to people, especially if they Abilities and skills
end the war in Iraq; have been used to autocratic Time
Even though political pressure decisions with which they
was to engage militarily with disagreed. It can be : a leader would have to
Russia, President Obama made problematic when there are a adopt a autocratic
the decision to use successful wide range of opinions and leadership style in an
economic pressure. there is no clear way of emergency situations
reaching an equitable final
- Ability to Handle Conflict: He decision. For example :
handled the efforts to end the
Gaddafi regime in Libya by He has good If a fire alarm goes on the
involving other countries and communication skills leader can’t just ask the
did not jump to take credit for and leadership skills as other opinions. He needs to
its success. he is the president of make them leave the
When conflict is very intense, he the country and he has
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