Leadership Traits In The Movie Godfather
...situations and make them better
2. It became clear as the movie progressed that Sonny could not make wise decisions for the family.
3. For example when his sister was attacked for the second time, in an era of war and crisis in the family he rushed off. He did not think the situation through and realize that he was not the only person that mattered in this situation. Sonny rushed off and the result was that he was killed.
4. His death left the family in a worse predicament than before because they had no acting leader. He needed decisions to be made for him so that he could carry them out.
5. Sonny was not innovative and did not have the thought process of a leader. Sonny could sustain something but he could not make it better.
B. Marlon Brando
1. Marlon Brando on the other hand possessed the traits of a leader. He was not a manager, who just maintains the situation
2. He made hard decisions and did not care if it was not what anyone else wanted to hear. He thought in the best interest of the entire family.
3. As a leader he showed his long term future oriented perspective when he turned down the heroin offer. It would have been a lucrative deal. However, in his mind brings down the ethics, values, and the protection of the family. He was thinking about 10 years ahead instead of the present.
C. Michael
1. He proposed a new idea to kill the police chief and the family’s rival himself and then put then put the police chief’s real motives in the news paper as damage control.
2. The family’s lawyer who only knew how to manage things thought that this would be a bad idea and protested.
3. As a result he lost his position as the family’s chief advisor and Michael became the family’s new ‘godfather.’ The two heads of the family had a chance to act like managers but they were leaders so they chose to do what they thought was best for everyone even if it put...
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