Machiavelli :: essays research papers

     A great drawing card is someone who appears to be priceless. Great loss leader is the main example of his people he should have the char dissembleeristics of higher standards therefore developing his followers into something better. Extraordinary leaders need to have communication skills to deduce what the followers expect from him. "You serve as an influential role model for your players and everything you do will be watched. Vince Lombardi says, "Leaders are made, they are not innate(p) and they are made just like anything else has every been made in this country - by hard work."" (Sugarman).     Great leader must be seen as being great not actually being one. Machiavelli suggests this idea in D1. To seem to have the qualities is necessary as opposed to having the qualities without the people knowing almost them. This is true for all leaders not just political. D1 suggests flexibility is needed, " but you must hav e the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be differently you may be able to change to the opposite qualities." Flexibility is important the leader all in all has to give the people what they want comforting the majority. D1 says that great leaders are sometimes obligated to do evil if constrained without deviating from what is good (if possible), " being often obligated, in order to maintain the state, to act against faith, against charity"Communication and timing are important. Great leaders are great when they get something across to the followers that the followers want to hear, there is a clear understanding from both sides. "The great leader is a master in the art of communication. He or she is aware of the strong need for actions to lucifer words. Leaders need to possess a willingness to listen to input with an open mind." (Sugarman), "Leadership is about building connections. Effective leaders make people tonicity they have a stake in commo n problems." (Goodwin). Great leaders are good with timing "Timing is (almost) everything. Knowing when to introduce an initiative, when to go onwards ones constituents -- and when to hold off -- is a crucial skill." (Goodwin).Leaders must care about their people (and of course show them that they care) "A leader who does not fluctuate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader" (a quote of Golda Meir) (Spanoudis). This sets an example for the followers to care about their leader too.