Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Master and Commander : The far side of the world



Topic – Leadership
Movie Title - Master and Commander

Movie Summary - This is a scene from a 2003 movie 'Master and Commander : The far side of the world'. During the Napoleonic war a British captain Jack Aubrey played by Russell Crowe pushes his ship and crew to their limits to perform extraordinarily task of pursuing a French vessel around South America. Here in this scene, Jack makes a tough decision of letting one of his sailors drown in the water during the storm to save the ship.

Concepts - In organizations, sometimes company CEO's are faced with challenging situations and have to make tough decisions to be successful. Leadership starts with making tough decisions although we may not like it. The above scene shows a good example of leadership quality.

Most people confuse between management and leadership. They are not the same. Management is a function in any business but leadership is a relationship between the leader and the people he is leading. A leader will need the ability to influence and motivate people to achieve the required goals.


1 comment:

hale said...

A leader is a very important to the whole team's performance, so that he needs both soft skills and hard skills.

Here are the ten basic skills of leadership:
1. Integrity
2. Vision/strategy
3. Communication
4. Relationships
5. Persuasion
6. Adaptability
7. Teamwork
8. Coaching and Development
10. Planning

Source: http://www.what-are-good-leadership-skills.com/example-leadership-skills.html

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