This document discusses Abraham Lincoln as a leader and analyzes his leadership style. It describes Lincoln as one of the most effective leaders in American history who led the country during the Civil War and abolished slavery. The document argues that Lincoln exhibited traits of a transformational leader through his ability to create social change and empower new leaders. Specifically, it states that Lincoln was skilled at communication and motivating followers through appealing to their moral values and emotions. Overall, the document analyzes why Lincoln's leadership style made him highly effective.

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The leader that has been chosen for this assignment is Abraham Lincoln. He was the 16th
president of the United States of America from 1861 till his death in 1865. He was also a
lawyer and then statesman. He was one of the most remarkable leaders of modern history.
He is one of the most celebrated leaders in American history which has led the country
towards new heights as well as guided the nation out of the civil war (Jaffa, 2018). He has
been chosen as a leader for this assignment because he not only provides a great example of
an effective leader but also has become a key topic of discussion among various researchers
both about his leadership styles and practice. He was often considered as a natural-born
leader and his ability to command a room along with his effective communication strategy
made him one of the best presidents of American history (Lincoln, 2021). He is also
considered one of the top ten leaders of modern history. These all qualities have made him
the best possible leader to study for this assignment. He was also considered as the leader
with a very good foresight as well as a strong determination to hold the nation together. His
role in subduing the American Civil War was undeniable and had been a key person in
holding America together. He was also very instrumental in eradicating slavery from
America. Thus, this paper has decided to study the reason for him being an effective leader.
Every leader has their own unique style of leading the subordinates. Leadership and its
effectiveness greatly depend on the style adopted by the leader and how effective it is to
reach their subordinates or to communicate with the subject (Lincoln, 2021). According to
academicians and researchers, leadership styles have been broadly classified into 5 distinct
styles of leadership. The first type of leadership is authoritarian leadership, followed by
participative leadership, delegation leadership, transactional leadership, and finally the
transformation of leadership. Most of the leadership styles followed by different leaders
throughout history could be broadly classified under one of each category (Al Khajeh,
2018). According to the characteristics and the type of leadership followed by Abraham
Lincoln could be easily categorized under the transformation leadership style.
Transformation leadership could be defined as the leadership approach that can create a
change in individuals, social systems, organizations as well as the entire country.
Leadership is responsible for creating a valuable change among the followers which often
results in creating new leaders for the future (Cho et al 2019). If this definition is evaluated

2. against the works and leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln it could be seen that he was the
one to drive the social change regarding the slaves and their treatments in America. Lincoln
is often referred to as the change champion through is monumental changes brought in
America like the abolishment of slavery as well as preserving the union at the same time.
Apart from that Abraham Lincoln was also known to have very good communication skills
which ensured that he was able to communicate all his ideas and goals to his people
effectively. He not only focusses on driving change in the lives of it the citizens of America
but also ensure that he nurtured new leaders among the citizens which is one of the key
criteria of being a transformation leader (Goodwin 2019). One of the added advantages of
him being an effective leader versus the ability to convince and motivate others he used to
make where are complex concepts very simple and communicated then with an
understanding of the concerns of the citizen. He was also a very good public speaker which
helped him to thrive even during the most unstable periods of America. Apart from that
Lincoln was also driven by the greatest leadership threats which is the sense of integrity
and strong belief in his principles. Lincoln has exhibited a high amount of emotional
intelligence which ensured that he could empathize with the conditions of his reasons as
well as with the others. This trait of him help to ensure that he was quite convincing and
motivating to his fellow-subjects. Moreover, he was extremely self-aware and was well
aware of all his strengths and weakness ensuring he implemented proper strategies to
improve them as well.
From the above-mentioned facts and details, it was very clear that his communication
ability, as well as his high emotional intelligence, had helped Lincoln to become one of the
greatest leaders in history. He was not only a leader who would lead America to the greatest
success but also was one of the leaders who could clearly emphasize with his subordinates.
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