The Watergate scandal, ran by President Richard Nixon and his committee to re-elect him, was considered one of the greatest political scandals in our world today. The scandal consisted of performing illegal tasks behind everyone’s back and covering reasoning behind each of them by lying on a consistent basis. Most of the task, such as approving the Houston Plan (or Plumbers) and the U. S. bombing took place months before the day of election. Unfortunately, the members of the Plumbers were arrested, and had to go the court; this result in Nixon resigning his presidency. Based on the PBS video of the Watergate scandal, the main objective of this paper to determine if Nixon met the goals of becoming a good leader regarding character, culture, and leadership.
Describing Nixon’s Leadership during the Scandal After looking back at Kouzes’ and Posner’s (2004) “Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership,” I have realized that Nixon did not follow all of the practices in order to become a great leader (Kouzes, p. 7). Based on his actions with the scandal, he was unethical for being sneaky and trying to sabotage other people in the process. Therefore, the practices of modeling the way and enabling others to act were never used; the people working for Nixon were only following orders, …show more content…
29). Nixon was more selfish throughout the scandal and, possibly, during his presidency than anyone else that I know. Also did not show any signs of love or care to people around him, except his family. In 1 Corinthians 13 (New King James Version), Paul talks about how a person can have all of the gifts and achievements; however, without love, all is meaningless. Should that a person loves and care makes impact in life, and I believe Nixon failed to realized it until it was too
Describing Nixon’s Leadership during the Scandal After looking back at Kouzes’ and Posner’s (2004) “Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership,” I have realized that Nixon did not follow all of the practices in order to become a great leader (Kouzes, p. 7). Based on his actions with the scandal, he was unethical for being sneaky and trying to sabotage other people in the process. Therefore, the practices of modeling the way and enabling others to act were never used; the people working for Nixon were only following orders, …show more content…
29). Nixon was more selfish throughout the scandal and, possibly, during his presidency than anyone else that I know. Also did not show any signs of love or care to people around him, except his family. In 1 Corinthians 13 (New King James Version), Paul talks about how a person can have all of the gifts and achievements; however, without love, all is meaningless. Should that a person loves and care makes impact in life, and I believe Nixon failed to realized it until it was too