Letting his emotions show, Mandela demonstrated to the world that he was guided not only by wisdom and principles, but through empathy, as well. ... The studies of Bogardus (1927), Katz and Kahn (1978) and Collinson (2005) speak to the heightened RoL influence that distance and separation can have on followers. ... Having previously only viewed the movie, Invictus, I now have a somewhat different view on this period of South African history. ... There was also a sense of productive narcissism evident as outlined in Northouse and the study of Maccoby (2003) as Mandela was entirely comfortable...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Pastors who were surveyed in two different studies indicated that they felt they were adequately prepared for ministry by their spiritual training but not in their leadership training. ... If, as our text book states, "A 25-year study by the Gallup Organization of 80,000 leaders found that the greatest leaders in the world don't share a common set of characteristics " (p. 174), then how can we determine if a pastor has what it takes to be both a great preacher and a great leader? ... One would hope that the church community would be better suited and equipped for managing conflict and d...

• Word Count: 2487
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate