Introduction
"The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers." "A simple definition of leadership is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.” Leadership analysis is the art of breaking down a leader into basic psychological components for study and use by academics and practitioners. Good leadership analyses are not reductionist, but rather take into consideration the overall person in the context of the times, society, and culture from which they come.
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Before entering politics he was a businessman and television personality. Donald Trump was born to a successful businessman Fred Trump and his wife Mary. Fred was a self-made millionaire in real estate, based in New York City. After his graduation from a military academy, Donald Trump thought about going to film school, but decided to follow in his father’s footsteps in the real estate business. He experienced many successes in his early years as a real estate investor, and made several successful investments such as Grand Hyatt and the Wollman Rink. However, the recession of 1989 led to Trump’s bankruptcy. Some of the casino investments he made were financed using junk bonds, and he landed himself millions of dollars in debt. Trump ended up making agreements with his creditors and worked out a plan to repay them. By 1994, he had repaid a significant portion of his debt. 1997 onward was Donald Trump’s comeback years. He continued building real estate throughout cities in the US and Canada, with varying success.
From 2004 to 2015, Trump hosted (and produced) a television show called The Apprentice, which became a long-running hit and earned him upwards of 1 million dollars an episode. In March 2011, Forbes estimated Donald Trump’s net worth to be at about US$2.7 billion. On November 9th, 2016 Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America. He will be sworn into office on January 20th, 2017.
(By Michael on October 25, 2016, Business Leaders, Leadership