President Roosevelt's Leadership

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This paper relates that, while President Roosevelt exhibited elements of charismatic, transformational, and situational leadership, his primary leadership style was inspirational. The paper further relates that it was this inspirational leadership style that was the foundation of his effectiveness and success between 1933 and 1945. The paper concludes that Roosevelt was able to inspire tens of millions of Americans to believe and acknowledge that courage, determination, and hard work were needed if America was to overcome the unprecedented economic crisis of the Great Depression and to win the Second World War.

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"The leadership style of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his four terms as President of the United States can be best described as inspirational, for he inspired an entire nation during the dark days of the Great Depression and the Second World War. When he proclaimed, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself" during his first Inaugural Address in 1933 and passed New Deal legislation during his first one-hundred days in office, he inspired millions of Americans to believe that courage, determination, and hard work would enable them to overcome the unprecedented economic crisis triggered by the collapse of the Stock market in 1929."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Neustadt, Richard E. (1991). Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan. New York: Free Press.
• Rothbard, Murray. (2000). America's Great Depression. New York: Mises Institute.

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