Organizational Leadership Leadership Characteristic of Abraham Lincol

Question: Discuss about the case study Organizational Leadership for Leadership Characteristic of Abraham Lincoln. Answer: Analysis of the Accomplishment c Among the non-political accomplishments, the most important are those speeches that are being delivered by him; which include the, House Divided Speech, the First Inaugural Address, and the Gettysburg Address and the others. Among all the speeches, the most important is the Gettysburg Address, where a part of the speech was dedicated to those men who were fighting in the Gettysburg battlefield (Leidner, 2016). Lincoln did not even went through the conventional course of education. He grew up as a youth in the frontier, and end up being the President of United States of America. Lincoln has always inspired people like Barack Obama, who had often referred to Lincoln during his campaign. Thus, it is again one of the most important accomplishments of Lincoln, as a leader. Leadership Style and Philosophy The academicians and the scholars consider the accomplishments that are achieved by President Abraham Lincoln, as miracle. Therefore, today, most of the leaders look up to him because his leadership style and philosophy is inspiring (Crowley, 2012). It is true that President Lincoln was one of the pioneers of democracy, yet scholars believe that the leadership style that is being followed by him is not democratic in nature rather Lincoln had followed the transformational leadership. The definition of transformational leadership states that the transformational leaders should engage with the followers and try to appeal to both the values as well as the senses of the follower (Smith, 2016). The study on Lincolns leadership reveals the fact that the transformational leadership style of Abraham Lincoln is not only good rather it is impressive. Academicians have evaluated the skills of Abraham Lincoln, in mostly three ways and those three ways are: Firstly, the evaluation is based on trust and loyalty that is being acquired by him from his followers. Secondly, capability of Lincoln in inspiring people, making sacrifices, in spite of the hardships that are there. Thirdly, appealing to the ethical values of the followers and at the same time inspiring them to achieve that higher morality. Many scholars in the present era believe that the leadership style and philosophy that is being followed by Lincoln is not only transformational but at the same time benevolent in nature. It is much different from the style that is authoritative and democratic in nature. George Washington called him, Father Abraham, because of the leadership style and philosophy that was followed by him (Goethals Allison, 2014). The leadership style and philosophy that he had followed consciously and unconsciously reflect kindness as well as compassion. Leadership Impact In the year 1982 a survey was conducted where 49 political scientists and historians were asked to rate all the presidents in America. The result came out and everyone found out that in the survey, Lincoln tops the position followed by Franklin Roosevelt. The leadership style and philosophy of President Lincoln had an immense impact on the succeeding president of America (Vito Vito, 2015). The succeeding presidents have followed his path and had look up to him as an inspiration. For instance, Barack Obama during his campaign looked up to Lincoln as his role model. It is not only the presidents who have looked up to Lincoln but along with the presidents there are other people as well who has looked up to his leadership qualities. Studies have been conducted on his leadership qualities that have inspired the army men as well as the manager of the organization (Popper, 2015). The accomplishments achieved by him are hard to achieve, and therefore even after so many years after his death people look up to him and his leadership quality. Lincolns leadership quality has such an immense impact on the people. The phrase Father Abraham was bestowed on him by George Washington, who too was greatly influenced by his leadership style. Situational Factor and Career Influences The situational factor that has helped Abraham Lincoln, to be the successful leader in the United States of America, is the Spot speech that was delivered by him in the year 1846. The next was the Civil War that took place between the North and the South America (Kennedy, 2013). Lincoln handled the situation with efficient leadership capability. He ensured that slavery is abolished easily from the country. He ensured that no other nation interfere in the personal matter of the country. The situational factor that increased the effectiveness of the leadership includes the large group of dogmatic followers who had always followed him. The people who have trusted him and trusted his leadership capability, According to scholars Lincoln did not followed the authoritarian leadership style, nor did he followed the democratic leadership style. He believed in benevolence and this particular leadership characteristic had influenced the leadership career of Abraham Lincoln. The future leaders are influenced by this particular leadership characteristic of Abraham Lincoln. The other characteristic leadership feature of Abraham Lincoln that has influenced the career of future leaders include the way he used to integrate with people. Lincoln, as a leader had to face difference in opinion. Lincoln has used various stories to influence his people and later this has influenced the career of the later leaders who had followed him or who have look up to him. Lincolns leadership style had always influenced later leaders because it is not only limited to the transformational leadership style. It is true that as a transformational leader he had followers who had looked up to him, but then his leadership philosophy also believed in benevolence. Therefore, even if there is difference in opinion among his followers, he could easily resolve it. Thus, both the political and the organizational leaders look up to him and try to follow his leadership style. References Brown, B. (2016).Lincoln: Portrait of a Values Leader(1st ed.). Crowley, M. (2012).The Leadership Genius Of Abraham Lincoln.Fast Company. Retrieved 30 July 2016, from Goethals, G. R., Allison, S. T. (2014). Kings and charisma, Lincoln and leadership: An evolutionary perspective. InConceptions of Leadership(pp. 111-124). Palgrave Macmillan US. Kennedy, J. (2013).Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Leadership. Central Library, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Leinder, G. 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