1. NELSON MANDELA

2. Current context of Nelson Mandela.
• Nelson Mandela is a great example of a
transforming leader because his leadership
lasted beyond his life on earth.
• Burns describes transforming leadership as
leadership that changes society.

3. Characteristics that make Nelson
Mandela a good leader.
• Nelson Mandela survived prison for many
years and became the first black president of
South Africa which had been previously been
dominated by apartheid (Boehmer, 2008).

4. How Nelson Mandela fits within the
contemporary context.
• The contemporary view of leadership is
influenced by various leaders. The leadership
context of Nelson Mandela fits with
contemporary leadership views because he is
one of the leader in the contemporary period.
• He was a leader and became president in
1994.
• He fits best with the transforming leadership
(Burns, 1978).

5. Leadership action Nelson Mandela
took.
• He fought against apartheid in South Africa.
He was in prison for more than 27 years but
he still stayed positive and focused on the goal
of ending apartheid (Davies, 1989).

6. How Nelson Mandela Inspired and
mobilized others.
• He inspired others to continue with the
movement to have blacks in South Africa gain
leadership roles (Omar, 2014).

7. Comparison of contemporary leader
and historical leader
W. E. B Du Bois
Du Bois was like Nelson
because he wanted blacks to
be liberated.
Du Bois is different from
Nelson Mandela because his
focus was for freedom of
blacks in the United States of
America from racism.
Nelson Mandela
• Nelson Mandela is like Du
Bois because he fought for
the freedom of blacks too.
• Nelson Mandela is different
from Du Bois because he
fought to end apartheid in
South Africa.

8. If the leaders were active in different
historical contexts, would he or she be
as successful.
Nelson Mandela will be successful in a different
historical context because he persevered
through tough times. He did not quite on his
goals (Lieberfeld, 2003).

9. Influence of social forces around me in
my own leadership development.
• The social forces around me in my own
leadership development is the acceptance of
entrepreneurship. The crash of the stock
market in 2008 has made it more acceptable
to start a business (Acs. Audretsch,
Braunerhjelm, & Carlsson, 2012).

10. Additional leadership characteristics I
would like to develop.
• From the study of contemporary views of
leadership and historical views of leadership. I
will like to develop charismatic and
transformational leadership skills. Leaders like
Gandhi are inspiring to study leadership skills
from (Gandhi, 1921).

11. What is the immediate action needed
to get me closer to my goals?
• The action I have to take to get closer to my
goals is to write a concise plan of the changes
I want to see to improve my community.

12. How the action change my life and
those around me.
• When the goals have been clearly identified it
will help me focus on helping our community.

13. Reference page.
Burns, M. J. (1978). Leadership. New York, NY:
Harper Collins Publisher, Inc.
Atlanta Black Star (2014). Retrieved from:
http://antlantablackstar.com/2014/07/18/
13-facts-may-know-nelson-mandela

14. Reference page
Davies, E. M. (Spring 1989). A literary tribute to Neslon
Mandela. Africa Today. 36 (2) 23
Omar, A. R. (Summer 2014). Year of change. The legacy of
Nelson Mandela. Fellowship. 78 (4 – 9). 28 – 29.
.

15. Reference
Lieberfeld, D. (July 2003). Nelson Mandela: Partisan and peacemaker.
Negotiation Journal 19 (3). 229.
Bass. M. B., & Riggio, E. R, (2006). Transformational Leadership. Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Nadler, A. D, & Tushman, L. M. (Winter, 1990). Beyond the charismatic
leader: Leadership and organizational change. California
Management Review 32. 77 – 97

16. Reference page
Boehmer, E. (2008). Nelson Mandela: A very short
introduction. African Affairs. 110 (439) 323 – 324
Kotter, P. J (May – June 1990). What leaders really do?
Harvard Business Review

17. Reference page
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). “The talented tenth,” in
the negro problem. New York, NY: James Pott
& Company
Gandhi, M. K. (1921). Indian home rule. Madras:
Ganesh & Co.