Five true stories * where artistic leadership qualities are reflected through movie scenes!

* Except one

1. Leadership Lessons From the Movie Lincoln

1. Diversity works.• Better debates

2. Patience and perseverance pay.• He refused to compromise

3. They didn’t call him Honest Abe for nothing.• hitting ‘em in the hearts with

personal pleas, not cash.4. Have a humble heart.

• Level Five Leader (Good to Great), the country will survive without him.

5. Keep it short.• “Better to remain silent and be

thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.”

2. Sometimes leaders risk & sacrifice to break ground for others to follow.

True story of The Way Back, a scene where the POW’s were openly exposed to aDeadly Siberian Blizzard.

Ed Harris’s character (Mr. Smith, an American inmate) broke ranks and startedwalking towards the shelter of the forest. The guard yelled stop! “остановить”,and threatened to shoot but Mr. Smith kept walking.

The guards didn’t shoot and allowed him to lead the way to cover, thenordering all other prisoners to also take cover in the woods.

3. Good leaders need to think outside the box as opposed to be regimented.

Men In Black movie scene*,this scene shows a stark contrast between “the regimented attitudes of his fellow candidates and Edwards’ own (Will Smith) – if irreverent – capacity to think outside the box”.

During a shooting range training session, Edward ignores the alien stereotypesand instead targets the young girl carrying books on quantum physics.

This scene shows the importance of looking beyond what would appear obviousand thereby challenging convention.

* Please note this is not a true story

4. Good leaders have a sense of humour and courage of their convictions.

Patch Adams (Robin Williams) shakes up established medical thinking with his philosophy that laughter is the best medicine –and that “it is the patient who should be treated rather thanjust the disease”.

Patch is passionately committed to his convictions, and this is evident inthis scene, where his emotional appeal to the board during which he directly challenges established medical practice with his ideas.

“He wins friends and supporters with the force of his convictions”.

5. You don't need permission or a title to show leadership. A passionate cause is sufficient.

Calendar Girls tells the true story of eleven middle-aged English women who pose nude for their annual Women's Institute (WI) calendar as a fund-raiser for the local hospital.

Facing a ban of their calendar, Chris (Helen Mirren) and Annie (Julie Walters) passionatelypitch their cause and successfully challenge the status quo.

They were not “officially” leaders, however they did show the one of highest leadershipqualities (IMO) to take a stand and persist againdogmatic opposition.

These leadership qualities – are not a science! They are human traits to fight fairly & creatively. Leadership is more art than science!

1. Diversity works.

2. Take risk to break new ground.

3. Think out side the box.

4. Keep a sense of humour and courage of your convictions.

5. You don't need permission or a title to show leadership

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sources: Mark Toth (2012) TLNT – The Business of HR “5 Great Leadership Lessons From the Movie Lincoln”, Retrieved on 18/4/13 from: http://www.tlnt.com/2012/12/03/5-great-leadership-lessons-from-the-movie-lincoln/David Wraith (2011) Movieleadership.com “50 Movie scenes which highlight great leadership”, Retrieved on 18/4/13 from:http://www.movieleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/50-movie-scenes-which-highlight-great-leadership-SAMPLE.pdf