Leadership Reflection Paper:
In the past few weeks,
you practiced observation skills by watching Invictus, a movie that tells “the inspiring true story of how
Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to
help unite their country.”[1]. While watching the film, you
were instructed to pay special attention to the factors relating to group
dynamics for teams, which include but are not limited to
1. Team beginnings
2. Leader’s behaviors,
3. Communication Patterns,
4. Conflict resolution
style,
5. Power styles,
6. Decision making style,
7. Creativity,
8. Diversity.
You
were also instructed to identify leadership decisions and leadership styles
developed by Nelson Mandela and Francois Pinnear (captain of the rugby team).
Write a paper (1000 words)
to the following three questions:
1. Which leadership
decision/style has impressed you the most?
Why do you feel this way?
2. How does the leader
contribute to the development of their leadership ability?
3. What specific decisions
made this leader make them such an effective leader? Provide insight on how those under this
leadership are affected by decisions made.
