This document discusses leadership skills and Barack Obama's leadership. It begins with an overview of why leadership is needed at the individual, organizational, societal, and national levels. It then covers different leadership theories and lists Obama's top five challenges as President which were the economy, unemployment, the federal budget deficit, health care, and dissatisfaction with government. The document outlines Obama's key leadership qualities of believing, taking risks, communicating, and turning endings into beginnings. It lists traits of integrity, self-confidence, and caring. It concludes that Obama faced challenges through transformational leadership using legitimate power as a successful leader.

1. LEADERSHIP
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 Leadership
skills

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• Why we need leadership 03
• Leadership theory 04
• Barack Obama 05
• Top five challenges Obama faced 06
• Leadership qualities 07
• Leadership traits 08
• How Obama faced to challenges 09
• References 10
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3. Why
We need
Leadership
•As a person
•As a organization
•As a society
• •As a country
•Ability of leader to lead or
guide individual or a group
•Achieve expected objects
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4. Leadership
Theory
• TraitTheory
• BehavioralTheory
• ContingencyTheory
• Situational
Leadership
• Transactional /
Transformational
Leadership
• Servant
Leadership
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5. BARACK
OBAMA
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American
attorney and politician who served as the
44th president of the United States from 2009
to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,
he was the first African American to be
elected to the presidency.
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6. The Top Five
Challenges
Obama Faced
Economy in general Unemployment Federal budget
deficit
Health care Dissatisfaction with
government
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1 Believe
Taking risk
Communication
Turning endings
into beginnings
- Obama use phrase “WE” rather than “I” in every speech
and touch others heart by this.
- Obama took political and personnel risk. He show how
much care about others as a leader.
- Obama use every media to communicate others.
- Obama is never satisfied with even his own work and
always look to achieve more. He use the phrase “Let’s
get back to work”.
Leadership
Qualities

8. Leadership
Traits
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 Integrity
 Self confidence
 Intelligence
 Sensitivity to others
 Respect
 Fairness
 Citizenship
 Caring

9. How Obama
faced to
challenges
Obama creates valuable and
positive change in the followers
with the end goal of developing
followers into leaders & He used
official power as a leader to face
his challenges.
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Transformational
Leadership
Legitimate power
Successful leader

10. References
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https://news.gallup.com/poll/158558/special-briefing-top-five-
challenges-obama-faces.aspx
https://blog.taskque.com/leadership-traits-barack-obama/
https://futureofworking.com/barack-obama-leadership-traits/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

11. Thank you.!
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