Comparison and contrast of two of the world's great leaders relevant to the present political scenario in Europe and The Far East

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Creativity, Change, and the 21st
Century Leadership
Dr. Sydney Scott
Fairleigh Dickinson University
22 July 2014

2. ADOLF HITLER- THE DICTATOR
20 April 1889-9 April 1945
Leadership Style
•Directive
•Autocratic
•Authoritarian
•Followed telling style
Skills
•Tactical skills
• Diplomatic talks
(when chancellor)
•Inspired his forces

3. Development stages
Concrete Diplomat
Expert (cusp) Achiever
Traits
•Dictatorial
•Robotic followers
•Not a visionary

4. Traits
•Action centered
• Hi task –Low relation
• ‘Safety’ level of Maslow’s
hierarchy
Traits
•Ego centric
• Selective listener
•No personal connect
• Imbalanced power
culture
•High Power Distance
Society

5. Leadership Philosophy
RULE THE PEOPLE
ONLY ARYANS ARE THE PURE RACE
MARXISTS HIT THE ARMY IN THE BACK-abolish them
JEWS are disloyal to their own motherland-annihilate them
•FASCIST
•RACIST
• AUTONOMOUS
Positive points
•True patriot
• Great orator
• Strict disciplinarian
• Planner and organizer
• Won accolades in military

6. Negative points
•Avoidant listener
• Rigid, inflexible
• Undercut conversation
• Did not accept defeat
•Did not engage with followers
• No emotional contact with followers
• Could not take NO for an answer
• Did not ask for opinion/participation
•Could not make decision at times
• Shortsighted
•Unconsciously unskilled
• Was not ready to listen
• Full of himself- Overconfident, Obssessed

7. AUNG SAN SUU KYI
19 June 1945- present
•An opposition leader of
Burma
• A Nobel Peace Prize winner
for non-violent struggle for
democracy and human rights
(Nobelprize.org, 2014)
• An international influencer-
influenced George Bush’s
policy towards Burma
(Steinberg, 2010).
• Spent around 2 decades in
confinement protesting
against dictatorial rule in
Burma (Biography.com,
2014)
•Founder of National League
for Democracy
(Biography.com, 2014)
Source for picture-
Nobelprize.org, 2014

8. LEADERSHIP TRAITS
• Influenced George Bush’s policy towards Burma- POSITIVE INFLUENCER
• “Her example shows people everywhere that political isolation and prison cannot
silence the call for liberty (Laura Bush, 2012).”- TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADER
• “The United States should look at suspending sanctions against Myanmar as the
government has made ‘real progress’ toward reform (Mc Cain, senator at Centre for
Strategic and International Studies, 2012).” TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER
• “Persevere. You will get there in the end, just go on (Suu Kyi, 2012).”-
VISIONARY, EMPOWERING
• “I found her a truly remarkable person. I have never met anyone like her before
except for Nelson Mandela, who later became president of the nation that
imprisoned him (Hillary Clinton, 2011).”- Affected by Buddhist Teachings,
SACRIFICING
• Spent around 15 years in confinement and did not house bitterness but developed
the strength within- SELF ACTUALIZING

9. LEADERSHIP STYLE
• DEMOCRATIC
• INCLUSIVE AND PARTICIPATORY
• AN INTENT LISTENER
• PEOPLE CENTERED LEADER
• DEMONSTRATES HI TASK-HI RELATION LEADERSHIP
• SHARES COMMON GOALS WITH PEOPLE OF BURMA
• IMPACTS THE CULTURE OF THE PLACE
• FULLY ENGAGES PEOPLE
• GUIDER OF ENERGY- against DISCRIMINATION (UNAIDS involvement)
• STRATEGIST- working through world’s sympathy with own credentials
• PERSPECTIVE TAKING
• SYMPATHETIC RESPONDER
• REFLECTOR ON BUDDHISM
• DECENTERED LEADER
• SITS IN HER POWER
• HANDLES PUSH BACK

10. Traits and Characteristics
Positive traits
• Creates positive influence
• Sacrificed personal life for bigger
good
• Fearless of initiating conflict-
challenging dictatorship
• Stands for Human Rights and Peace
(Non violence at any cost)
• Meaningful and fulfilled life
• Listens with eyes, brain and heart
• Voices the opinion of the mass
• Politeness strategy
• Draws popular support
• Saints, it has been said, are the sinners
who go on trying. So free men and women
are the oppressed who go on trying and
who in the process make themselves fit to
bear the responsibilities and uphold the
disciplines which will maintain a free
society."
Negative traits
• Politeness can be misguiding
• Over positivity:
Suu: “No, don’t think about it, there’s no
bullet, we still continue. Stay calm, stay
calm, stay here.” ((walk forward face
soldiers with guns pointed her)
(Yulianti, 2014)
• Discouraging tourists to visit Burma
• Sometimes overlooked muslim
community
"When you leave a seed from a tree to grow
in a pagoda, it seems so small at first. But
you know you must cut it out before it
grows and destroys the building (Suu
Kyi)" (commented on by Ahmed, 2013)

11. The Most Resilient Leader of
Modern times
• “Even if we do not achieve perfect
peace on earth, because perfect peace
is not of this earth, common
endeavours to gain peace will unite
individuals and nations in trust and
friendship and help to make our
human community safer and kinder
(Suu Kyi, 2012).”
• Video: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?
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12. References
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Retrieved from : http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/SEA-01-230413.html
• Bush, L. (2012, May 16). George W. Bush honors Aung San Suu Kyi. Updated News.
Retrieved from: http://www.updatednews.ca/2012/05/16/george-w-bush-honors-aung-
san-suu-kyi/
• Clinton, H. (2011). Buddhism has influenced my worldview. Tsemrinpoche.com. Retrieved
from: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/current- affairs/aung-san-suu-
kyi-buddhism-has-influenced-my-worldview.html
• MacKenzie, C. (2012, June 16). Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi accepts
Nobel peace prize she won 21 years ago while under house arrest. The Daily Mail.
Retrieved from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160237/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-
finally-accepts-Nobel-Peace-Prize-won-21- years-ago-house-arrest.html
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160237/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-finally-
accepts-Nobel-Peace-Prize-won-21-years-ago-house-arrest.html#ixzz38OZLOzHd
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