Research Paper Proposal
Professor: Ken Enochs
Taiga Yano
January 14, 2015
Leader:
Nelson Mandela
What do
you think when you hear the word “leader”? You can imagine some famous leaders
in business world such as CEO of Apple, or in political world such as Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher. These leaders led people, company and state, and
also, Nelson Mandela is the one of them. Nelson Mandela had objected to Apartheid
for long term since he was young, and he had imprisoned for 27years from 1963
to 1990. However, he was released, he and President FW de Klerk jointly won the
Nobel Peace Prize and he became South Africa’s first democratically elected President
(NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION). This paper will identify the ways to lead people
that Nelson Mandela used and the reason why he could be the one of the most
respected leader although he had imprisoned for 27years. There are several key
elements ways and thought of the leadership. These include “Leadership is
behavioral, not positional”, “Choose collaboration over retaliation” and “Never
give up on seemingly impossible ideals” (Nicholas 2013). The third one means, “Be
willing to find a new mark” (Dennis 2012). The research of the others and other
leadership skills has not done.
