Servant
"It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.” (South Africa, July 14, 2000)
Leadership
Transformational
"A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind."
-Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Leadership
- Move beyond personal pain to serve country
- Worked with those who imprisoned him
- Sought opportunities to bring South Africans together
- Spent 27 years in prison for his people
Leadership Styles
- Had visions which lead him to fight for a better mankind
- Saw an Africa without the apartheid- freedom and equality
- Recognized inspirational power of symbolic gestures
- Effectively communicated a vision for his country
- Set firm expectations to see vision realized
Impact
- Renunciation of violence peacefully
- Inspired others to exceed expectations
- Set an example for his people
- AIDS work
- Gave hope and strength to his people
- Left his nation in a better place
Why he was great
- Man of peace
- Power presence
- Showed the world forgiveness
- Positive, focused, humble, patient
- Full of hope, not hate
- Generous in forgiveness
Nelson Mandela
Visionary Leadership Speech
" Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people."
Mission Statement
- Hoped to make his own contribution to freedom by defending human rights
- Launched campaigns for freedom
- Took huge challenges to protest human rights
Biography (Cont.)
Biography
- Imprisoned for 27 year
- South Africa 1st African native President
- Anti-Apartheid Revolutionist
- World leader
- Born in Madiba on July 18, 1918
- Father was the leader of the tribe
- His real name is Rolihlahla Mandela
- Went to University College at Fort Hare and University of South Africa
- Got married three times
Context for Mandela's Leadership
- Johannesburg 1941, faced racial discrimination
- Joined African National Congress to fight for equality.
- Refused to accept inequality (Apartheid)
- Banned from attending Kliptown meeting to approve freedom charter.
- Charged with high treason.
- Spent several years in jail