Obamas Leadership and Decision Making

President Barack Obamas speech in Minneapolis was part of an on-going effort to

respond to shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown His strong
!oice on this matter is already recogni"ed# in form of bill to senate to reg$late
assa$lt weapons %&einstein' ()*+, and !ario$s pro-g$n gro$ps campaigning
thro$gh N-. %/iolence Policy 0enter' ()**, He needs to balance modern global
!al$es against traditional core !al$es of .merican freedoms 1n abo!e blog
2H$man -ights !s 0i!il &reedoms3 writer is sharing his !iew of the dilemma
Obama made history e!en before entering 4hite Ho$se His charismatic personality
and persistent ad!ocacy of change inspired all 5S citi"ens to belie!e in better
tomorrow 6here are fo$r components of transformational leadership %Bass' ())7,8
and Obamas !igo$r s$pport for g$n-control reforms can be identified here in f$ll#
ideali"ed infl$ence %charisma,' inspirational moti!ation' intellect$al stim$lation and
indi!id$al consideration He is a role model for followers that inspires them and
makes them interested
.ltho$gh he is !ery skilled transactional leader %as shown in recent negotiation with
rep$blicans on depth increase, he is not planning to negotiate this time on
9$estions of g$n !iolence and li!es 6his seams to be topic of great importance and
he is persistent to transform .merican mind-set towards more global !al$es -like
rep$blic and laws protecting only necessities and not all freedoms .s stated by
:ofi .nnan# 26he death toll from small arms dwarfs that of all other weapons
systems ; and in most years greatly e<ceeds the toll of the atomic bombs that
de!astated Hiroshima and Nagasaki3 Similar global policy ad!ocacy entitles Obama
with cross-c$lt$ral leadership style ad=ecti!e
He is often critici"ed for indecisi!eness and for seeking consens$s too long' b$t
after fo$r years of presidency it is clear that he is capable of making hard calls >
ending the war in 1ra9' Osama bin ?aden ne$trali"ation' health reforms Poll
e<ec$ted by @all$p in ())A confirmed the same > abo$t B)C of the e<aminees
pro!ided high marks on Obamas decision-making leadership skills %Dones' ())A,
Similarly' Obama applies his rich contingency-sit$ational leadership skills to p$sh
resol$tion of g$n !iolence topic

His leadership in!okes a new relationship between go!ernment and citi"ens that is
m$t$ally more responsible 1n a sense he is democratic leader as well - he
encompasses disc$ssion' debate and sharing of ideas and enco$ragement of people
to feel good abo$t their in!ol!ement /ery often his !irt$e of being good listener is
described as the one thanks to which he s$cceeded in rising from nothing %4agner'
())A, 6he democratic style encompasses the notion that e!eryone' by !irt$e of
their h$man stat$s' sho$ld play a part in the gro$pEs decisions Howe!er' the
democratic style of leadership still re9$ires g$idance and control by a specific
leader
1n concl$sion' it can be safely stated that' $nder press$re' Obama works the best'
yields the most decisi!e mo!es and presents himself in tr$e light of great
transformational-global-sit$ational leader On 9$estion of g$n !iolence he acts as
decisi!e leader perfectly aware of !al$es of modern global world Obama is here to
g$ide those making the decisions He is a mentor and it is $p to senate and people
to take responsibility for making the change