Hillary Clinton: America's Most Powerful Leader

Trained to be a leader like Hillary Clinton
Introduction: Hillary Clinton, the 67th Secretary of state, and the wife of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of Untied State of America. According to the Times magazine, she is one of the most powerful woman in the world and has many supporters and adherents around the world, most of whom are women and children. She is a famous person for her achievement in politics and other non-profitable works like charity.

As a leader, she is famous for her effectiveness and toughness when facing crises. American people say: For Hillary Clinton, you either love her or hate her, there is no other choice. This statement shows the dramatic influence of Hillary Clinton and the fact that this woman can never be
Leaders can be trained, and for the employees in a company, there are methods and measures which can be taken to development effective leaders out of the common workers.

Factors and attributes contribute to the effectiveness of a leader
From the history and the success of Hillary Clinton as a leader, it’s not difficult to come to the conclusion that many factors, such as, family background, the personalities, education, can influence the effectiveness of a leader (Keller, 2002).

To illustrate this point more clearly and specifically, it’s necessary to take Hillary Clinton for example. She was born in a rich and happy family, her father was a boss of a curtain company (Klimoski and Hayes, 2000). Her parents’ education and teaching have made an impressive effect on her. For example, her parents taught her to be independent and tough, and cultivated her to be strong and brave when facing crises and be calm and clear-minded when there were setbacks and failures. Her potential of being a good leader was showed at her early age when she was in primary school, she loved to lead and order her classmates (Kirkpatrick,
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