There is a common assumption in business
circles that when one gets the title, you are the leader. Smart CEO's
and executives know what many managers and supervisors have yet to
discover;
that
with the title comes a
little authority—emerging leaders
must earn follower respect and obedience.
On this page, we will
present that best of the best leadership movies we could find useful
to a the new emerging leader.
The story is set during World Word II. General
Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) takes over a bombing squadron whose
efficiency was
compromised in which the previous leader suffering
from combat fatigue and the reality of seeing friends and comrades
suffering
from
wounds, many dead, some dying or others getting shot down.
Emerging leader Savage uses heavy handed tactics to establish
his authority, like many managers in departments or organizations
facing turnaround situations,
Consequently, the movie shows morale deteriorating and by the numbers
performance plummeting.
The movie vividly
illustrates the limits of authority and what happens when
one over uses punishment, fear
and intimidation. Savage
succeeds in turning around the unit, but
pays a
tremendous
price.
One learns from
this movie a series of lessons on tactics emerging leaders
should and should not use for turn around and crisis
situations.
The third of Peter Jackson's trilogy based on
J.RR Tolkein's books, the leadership movie won eleven Oscars
including best picture and best director in 2004. Along
with
stunning special effects, the movie documents the struggle of
a group of Friends on a great Quest.
One of the two major themes in The Return of
The King is a study of what emerging leaders must do.
Aragorn as the emerging leader and heir to the throne
faces the challenge of legitimacy. How to get others to accept
his right
to rule?
This leadership movie has parallels in family business.
How is the son or daughter going to establish the legitimate
right
to run the "kingdom?"
It is also a critical issue for anyone assuming a position
of responsibility with a new group since emerging leaders cannot
rely only on authority.
You are stuck with a twelve
strangers you would rather not be with. It’s very
hot in the room and a decision has to be made whether the defendant
is
innocent
or
guilty.
Almost everyone present
wants to leave.The
first vote is taken
and it’s eleven to one—you being the only one to vote
innocent. What to do?
A jury has a foreman, but that person may or may
not be the real leader of the group. In this movie, emerging leader
Juror 8 (played by Henry
Fonda) rather than caving to peer
pressure, uses a number of different techniques to get the others in the
room to reconsider their positions.
Through the cleaver
use of subtle patterns of persuasion and questions, Fonda emerges
as the de facto leader of the
group. After watching this leadership movie,
you may want to forget
about the MBA and get a degree in psychology instead.
Considered
one of the best science fiction movies of the 50s, this suspense
packed movie is a tale of a polar
expedition
terrorized by the alien from a crashed flying saucer.
Initially,
the suspense was generated from the fact that the two groups
at the arctic research station (the military and
the scientists)
have radically different views of what to do with the visitor.
Is this Thing dangerous or not? Can it be carrying microbes dangerous
to all life on earth?
A classic study
of value to emerging leaders, it pits two groups against each
other as they strive to figure out what to do next. As in many
crisis
situations, there is fear of the unknown and immense
uncertainty in terms of the correct course of action.
In an environment
of crisis, several emerging
leaders may try to establish legitimacy. Some succeed,
others are ignored, and established leaders can gain
or lose influence.
This leadership
movie has little blood, guts and gore, but it is a great
study of what emerging leaders must do to prevail in a crisis.
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