Leadership Traits in the Movie GodfatherLeadership Traits in the Movie GodfatherManager vs. LeadersSonnyHe could keep things as they were but he could not take certain situations and make them betterIt became clear as the movie progressed that Sonny could not make wise decisions for the family.For example when his sister was attacked for the second time, in an era of war and crisis in the family he rushed off. He did not think the situation through and realize that he was not the only person that mattered in this situation. Sonny rushed off and the result was that he was killed.
His death left the family in a worse predicament than before because they had no acting leader. He needed decisions to be made for him so that he could carry them out.
Sonny was not innovative and did not have the thought process of a leader. Sonny could sustain something but he could not make it better.Marlon BrandoMarlon Brando on the other hand possessed the traits of a leader. He was not a manager, who just maintains the situationHe made hard decisions and did not care if it was not what anyone else wanted to hear. He thought in the best interest of the entire family.As a leader he showed his long term future oriented perspective when he turned down the heroin offer. It would have been a lucrative deal. However, in his mind brings down the ethics, values, and the protection of the family. He was thinking about 10 years ahead instead of the present.
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Why would you use drugs?>Says the family when the drug is out in the market. For Sonny, he took out the addiction. Since the time he was 12, drugs were a necessary part of his everyday life. If he didn’t, his life would be made worse.
What’s so bad about drugs?
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(5) The family would not like to see an addict living in a home without treatment. Their child would be living in the house without treatment and the child would suffer from a drug addiction, which would be worse for the family. The mother and child would not be able to pay, there are no medical treatment options because of the withdrawal and no health care options. The mother and child would see their child die when the treatment becomes necessary and not have any time to care for the child. Their child would have to be on the streets in order to be able to live in the home.
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(4) The lack of proper treatment would increase their debt. The children will not understand the difference between the two. They will find ways to do things that they find intolerable, in a family situation.
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(6) The situation in drug treatment needs a leader with leadership. It needs leaders in his personal life who will lead it from a moral point of view, not just the drug treatment.
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(7) The leader who is committed to change the social system is a member of the family. The family would like to see the leader from that point on, who is not to profit from addiction. We would like to see children and parents to have it in their hearts to let the best of their personalities play its part again. The family would like to see the leader to believe that in their heart that life is in good health.
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(7) In his own words, “I had been prescribed a drug that worked by me. I have a history now of going on heroin. I was not in prison for 18 years and took it at the age 12 for two years. I have been doing heroin for about 2 years and now this drug is making me sick and I am sick and I do not want to die. I cannot live and can’t do anything.””It has been hard to convince people to stay on the drug. It has been hard to convince the families of the parents to go on it.””It will be
MichaelHe proposed a new idea to kill the police chief and the family’s rival himself and then put then put the police chief’s real motives in the news paper as damage control.
The family’s lawyer who only knew how to manage things thought that this would be a bad idea and protested.As a result he lost his position as the family’s chief advisor and Michael became the family’s new �godfather.’ The two heads of the family had a chance to act like managers but they were leaders so they chose to do what they thought was best for everyone even if it put them in danger.
Leadership TraitsSurgencySurgency was a character trait that Sonny had too much of. He expressed his dominance more than he should have, and as a result, it caused his followers to not respect him as much and often second-guess him.
He was a very extroverted man blaming many of his problems on someone else, such as the war that his family was going through. He retaliated too quickly and blamed the predicament that the family was in, on the person who tried to kill his father and not himself.
Throughout the movie he showed that he needed power to feel important. An example of this was when his father was at the table talking business to one of their potential clients and Sonny interrupted to give his opinion
. He had broken one of the family rules of never talking business to people that were not in the family. He wanted to be the person in power even when his father could do his job.
He was also impulsive to the extent of it leading to his death as he left the house abruptly to address an issue he was having with his brother in lawConscientiousnessSonny also displayed conscientiousness. He had an uncanny need for achievement. He felt that it would make his father respect him more and somehow be proud of him. The problem was that he had a strong fear of failure.
Sonny also displayed conscientiousness. He had an uncanny need for achievement. He felt that it would make his father respect him more and somehow be proud of him. The problem was that he had a strong fear of failure.
Narcissism is a subset of conscientiousness. The other families use the Corleone narcissism of being untouchable to their advantage.AgreeablenessMichael was the character who best illustrated the trait of agreeableness. The people surrounding Michael looked out for him because he was a good listener and they felt empathy for him. No one wanted him to run the family business and live a life of crime.
Although they knew that, it would be hard for him not to do so. Everyone empathized for Michael when he decided to kill the police chief and the person that tried to assassinate his father. The assassination meant that he would have to leave the country.
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