Odyssey Rough Draft Essay

Valerie Welch
Odysseus is all about his family, to the point where he will sacrifice all of his men, only to get home and have no one close to him die. While he treats his men well, his pride and curiosity will lose lives; but his wits and intelligence will save them too.

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! thin" that Odysseus is a fair and trustworthy leader. E#amples$ %lways shares wealth e&ually o women and 'oot(booty 'eads men into battle instead of standing bac" and watching from afar Odysseus) men trust him *hey respect him +ome might say that when Odysseus) men went against his ,udgment and ate the sun gods cattle, it was an act of disobedience. -ut they are wrong because the men were not necessarily disobeying Odysseus, they were acting with there stomachs. *o them, dying from famine is the worst way to go. +aid in .5 Biggest Discoveries About Leadership in 2012 ~David Rock/ 4. Turns out leadership really is personal$ close relations with boss are "ey .0aomi Eisenberger1s research helps us understand the science behind this. +he says that a lac" of feeling socially connected with others evo"es feeling of pain2 emotional and physical./ .3most employees feel as if they are hostages, drowning in feelings such as an#iety and fear in the wor"place. *he way to escape from feeling li"e prisoners of these emotions, 4ohlrieser says, is by finding a place where we feel a sense of security./ 5onclusion$ Odysseus is a good leader because he has a strong connection with his crew, he is reasonable and they trust him. % good leader has a correlation on a personal level with there employees(subordinates.

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! thin" that Odysseus may sacrifice his men to get home but he has never as"ed them to do something that he himself would not do E#amples$

During his interaction with the 5yclops, Odysseus) "eep being eaten but he doesn)t "ill the 5yclops out of anger, because then they would be stuc" in the cave. 6e)s basically sacrificing their lives to buy him more time to thin" of a plan !n the encounter with the 5yclops he is the last out of the cave and is not tied to the sheep because he tied all of his men first -ut in the +cylla and 5harybdis scenario, 5irce told Odysseus that he could either lose all of his men to 5harybdis or only lose 7 to +cylla 6e sleeps with 5irce, does not as" his men to do it 8inds *iresias by himself On the island of the 'otus Eaters, he sends of two men to see who occupied the island, and he ended up loosing them to the 'otus Eaters because of the addicting lotus plant

+aid in The Five Biggest M ths About Leadership ~Rona!d "# Riggio$ %h#D# in &utting'"dge Leadership( - 3. Successful leadership is about power and control. Answer: *he most effective leaders empower followers and wor" with them/ .Effective leadership is more about the relationship than about who is in charge and giving the orders./ 5onclusion$ 9ood leaders will wor" )ith there personnel, rather than see themselves as superior .Odysseus is sacrificial. 6e will put his men in front of himself; but it)s a two way street so sometimes he will sacrifice his men for his own survival.

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! thin" that Odysseus is prideful. E#amples %fter defeating the 5yclops, he says, .! am 'aertes) son, Odysseus./ 0ow the 5yclops "nows who he is *he 5yclops prays to :oseidon that he ma"es never be able to get home, or at least ma"e his ,ourney longer %ntagoni;es the 5yclops by saying that he is a mere mortal and has defeated the beast 5auses the 5yclops to throw roc"s at them +aid in .5 Biggest Discoveries About Leadership in 2012 ~David Rock/ .%ccording to a new study to be published in the <ournal of %pplied +ocial :sychology, narcissism increases one)s chance of acing a ,ob interview./

.=nfortunately, narcissism doesn)t e&uate with leadership success. +tudies suggest that overconfidence can often have a detrimental effect on an individual)s performance and decision ma"ing./ 5onclusion$ Odysseus) need to boast caused him and his crew, greater harm in the end. %t this moment he was no longer thin"ing intelligently but more with arrogance.

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% good leader is someone who has an individual relationship with their wor"s. *hey should wor" together not hold all power, and never do any wor" themselves. 6aving too much confidence in yourself can end up affecting your employees. One of his flaws is his arrogance. Odysseus has some good &ualities and he has some flaws. 6e is fair to his men, he always splits up the wealth they gained on the trip e&ually, and he never as"s his men to do something he wouldn)t do himself. !f you loo" at the overall picture, Odysseus is a pretty damn good leader.