Beowulf Leadership Qualities

Leaders lead groups of people or organizations. Groups would not function to its full potential without the presence of a leader. Chiefs take charge of tasks at hand. Ships do not reach their destinations without captains. Kingdoms do not excel without kings. Beowulf demonstrates real leadership. He shows strong attributes of a great leader such as kindness, loyalty and courage.
Kindness displays when showing compassion for others. Courage displays when one does something that others would not. Geatland’s warrior shows these attributes when he decides to defeat Grendel for the Danes. Man eating beast Grendel already slaughters and eats many Danes. Beowulf displays great kindness for offering to kill Grendel for Hrothgar, King of the Danes.
Unfortunately, a thief angers a dragon by stealing from his stash of treasure and in return destroys Geatland homes. King Beowulf, now an old man decides to fight the dragon. Geatland’s warrior takes on his responsibility as king and protects his people. This task could not be done alone. Wiglaf joins Beowulf to face the dragon. Beowulf manages to defeat the dragon, but dies from a venomous wound. He orders Wiglaf to retrieve the dragon's treasure from the barrow. Beowulf thanks the Lord for blessing him with the treasure for his people. The king appoints Wiglaf to lead the Geats then dies. Troops build Beowulf’s Barrow after being instructed by Wiglaf.
In the end, Beowulf dies a leader of the Geats. Throughout the story, Beowulf protects the Danes and Geats against foul creatures. Thanks to Beowulf, the Geats gain many riches. Real leaders protect the ones around them and make sure they progress in life. Beowulf did these things and many more. Chiefs stand as important aspects of living from family households to corporations. Proverbs 11:14 says, “Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is victory”