A Brief Look At Sir Winston Churchill

The time for a leader to show his or her true worth is when they are faced with their greatest adversity. To me there are few better at this feat than Winston Churchill. For a leader to be followed they must lead. One of my favorite quotes about leadership is “A leader without followers is a man taking a walk” (Unknown). This uncredited quote is highly propagated and gets to the heart of leadership. Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice once from 1940 to 1945 and then again from 1951 to 1955. He widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century; Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during its most harrowing hour, WWII. He was known as a fiery speaker and an emotional man but he was able to motivate a nation to stand and fight when all was seemingly lost. His quotes about leadership are endless and his message of perseverance saved a nation. Winston Churchill was a great leader because he was able to make people follow him through to victory.
Churchill was not his leadership during the crisis of the German air attack on England, but the path that led him to his leadership style (Churchill, The Gathering Storm, 1948). Winston Churchill was born to a very wealthy family and was thought to be on the fast track to greatness. Indeed he was promoted quickly to the rank of First Lord of the Admiralty. During his tenure as the First Lord of the Admiralty he planned and instituted a disastrous attack on Gallipoli during WWI. This led to his forced departure from government. However, that did not stop him from getting back up and regaining his position and surpassing it to lead his nation to victory some twenty years