Analyzing Mandela’s Leadership Styles

Campbell Leadership descriptor allows us to identify the characteristics of successful leaders and
identify their strengths. The Campbell model assesses leaders based on the following traits:

Vision

Personal Style Management

Campbell
Model
Entrepreneuralism Empowerment

Feedback Diplomacy

So how does Mandela fit into the Campbell leadership description model? A leader may have
some, or all of the attributes as shown above.

According to Campbell, a leadership is one whose vision is such that it establishes general tone
and gives followers the vital direction that they need. Nelson Mandela was a visionary. He
believed in a South Africa that was united against the atrocities left behind, and being
committed, by the British. Nelson Mandela wrote 255 letters during the 27 years he was in
prison. The letters revealed not only the pain that he suffered but also the principles that he stood
by and