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Barak Obama

Barak Obama. Speech in Cairo & Comparisons to MLK. Transformational Leadership. Style of leadership in which the leader identifies the needed change , creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration , and executes the change with the commitment of the members of the group.

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Barak Obama

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  1. Barak Obama Speech in Cairo &Comparisons to MLK

  2. Transformational Leadership Style of leadership in which the leader identifies the needed change, creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executes the change with the commitment of the members of the group.

  3. Transformational Leadership • Individualized Consideration • Intellectual Stimulation • Inspirational Motivation

  4. Transformational Leaders • They identify themselves as change agents. • They are courageous individuals. • They believe in people. • They are value-driven. • They are lifelong learners. • They have the ability to deal with complexity. • They are visionaries.

  5. Obama’s Leadership Style • Find examples from his speech in Cairo to demonstrate his leadership style and his beliefs on what it takes to make change. • Do any of these examples sound like transformational leadership?

  6. Building Consensus • Find examples in the text where Obama is trying to build consensus, and/or point out similarities between seemingly disparate groups to bring people together. • In doing so, does Obama work to create a shared vision?

  7. Cross-Cultural Communication • Find examples in the text to demonstrate Obama’s ability to identify with and/or demonstrate his understanding of other cultures. • What effect does this have on followers?

  8. Lessons Learned from MLK • Find examples in the text that reflect lessons learned from MLK (specifically in “Letters from a Birmingham Jail”) about leadership and creating change.

  9. Similarities with MLK • Martin Luther King, Jr. made his “I have a dream” speech on August 28, 1963. 45 years later, to the day, Barak Obama made his acceptance speech as the first African-American president of the United States.

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