Barak Obama Speech in Cairo & Comparisons to MLK.
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Transcript of Barak Obama Speech in Cairo & Comparisons to MLK.
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Barak Obama
Speech in Cairo&
Comparisons to MLK
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Transformational Leadership
Style of leadership in which the leader identifies the needed
change, creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration,
and executes the change with the commitment of the members of
the group.
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Transformational Leadership
Individualized ConsiderationIntellectual StimulationInspirational Motivation
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Transformational Leaders
They identify themselves as change agents.
They are courageous individuals.They believe in people.They are value-driven.They are lifelong learners.They have the ability to deal with
complexity.They are visionaries.
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Obama’s Leadership Style
Find examples from his speech in Cairo to demonstrate his leadership style and his beliefs on what it takes to make change.
Do any of these examples sound like transformational leadership?
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Building Consensus
Find examples in the text where Obama is trying to build consensus, and/or point out similarities between seemingly disparate groups to bring people together.
In doing so, does Obama work to create a shared vision?
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Cross-Cultural Communication
Find examples in the text to demonstrate Obama’s ability to identify with and/or demonstrate his understanding of other cultures.
What effect does this have on followers?
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Lessons Learned from MLK
Find examples in the text that reflect lessons learned from MLK (specifically in “Letters from a Birmingham Jail”) about leadership and creating change.
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Similarities with MLK
Martin Luther King, Jr. made his “I have a dream” speech on August 28, 1963. 45 years later, to the day, Barak Obama made his acceptance speech as the first African-American president of the United States.