Donald Trump is one of the most polarizing people in leadership today. He is either loved or hated almost everyone in the United States of America, they appears to be no middle ground with people feelings toward him. The unique thing about Trump is he never held any kind of political office before taking on the role of President. Donald Trump got his start in the family business after graduating from Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. In 1971, Donald Trump was given control of the company, which he later renamed the Trump Organization. He also moved to Manhattan at this time to start building relationships and make professional connections. Donald Trump has been able to use his influence to purchase large pieces
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Transformational leadership is a style in which a leader seeks to change and engage followers and the organization by creating a compelling vision, strategy, and culture (Weiss, 2015). This conclusion was arrived at due to the fact he is making decisions that change something for the better. He took a railroad yard and made it the city convention center. He took over the family business and changed the name to the Trump Organization. These instances and many more lead to the conclusion that he is all about change. The TV reality show, The Apprentice, was about changing how people operate in the business world, and their ability to change and fit the situation presented to them. His vision for the United States is to change it for the better. The tag line from his campaign, Make America Great Again, shows his desire to change what he believes is wrong in the country today. Donald Trump is also a transactional leader. He is willing to get into the trenches and do the work necessary to be a success. If he was unwilling to do the work required to succeed he would not be where he is …show more content…
Is he a servant leader? It is hard to tell in the first two months of a presidency that has a nation divided. There was not this much anger expressed with the last president yet there was a clear divide among the various parties. Can a president have an agenda and be a servant leader? The answer has to be yes. And it is also no. The decisions Trump makes are designed to be for all citizens, but not all citizens want these decisions made for them. By cutting the health care tax, is he really saving Americans money? Where are the funds coming from to pay for the uninsured patients? What about job creation? The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in January in the first employment report of President Trump’s administration, the government said Friday (Boyer, 2017). Trump does get credit for this, but how much of it is a direct result of his presence in the White House? When looking at Trump, all that is seen is a self-centered, egotistical business man who is full of self-serving ideas and a bad hair do. I think there is more to the man than people realize. He has been very lucrative in the business world and based on the number of people employed by him, 34,000+/-, he is as big a servant to them as they are to him. He is out in the world of politics making a name for himself. He is not going to take the annual salary offered to the president. He is talking tax cuts. The economy is up and this is reflected in the federal
Transformational leadership is a style in which a leader seeks to change and engage followers and the organization by creating a compelling vision, strategy, and culture (Weiss, 2015). This conclusion was arrived at due to the fact he is making decisions that change something for the better. He took a railroad yard and made it the city convention center. He took over the family business and changed the name to the Trump Organization. These instances and many more lead to the conclusion that he is all about change. The TV reality show, The Apprentice, was about changing how people operate in the business world, and their ability to change and fit the situation presented to them. His vision for the United States is to change it for the better. The tag line from his campaign, Make America Great Again, shows his desire to change what he believes is wrong in the country today. Donald Trump is also a transactional leader. He is willing to get into the trenches and do the work necessary to be a success. If he was unwilling to do the work required to succeed he would not be where he is …show more content…
Is he a servant leader? It is hard to tell in the first two months of a presidency that has a nation divided. There was not this much anger expressed with the last president yet there was a clear divide among the various parties. Can a president have an agenda and be a servant leader? The answer has to be yes. And it is also no. The decisions Trump makes are designed to be for all citizens, but not all citizens want these decisions made for them. By cutting the health care tax, is he really saving Americans money? Where are the funds coming from to pay for the uninsured patients? What about job creation? The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in January in the first employment report of President Trump’s administration, the government said Friday (Boyer, 2017). Trump does get credit for this, but how much of it is a direct result of his presence in the White House? When looking at Trump, all that is seen is a self-centered, egotistical business man who is full of self-serving ideas and a bad hair do. I think there is more to the man than people realize. He has been very lucrative in the business world and based on the number of people employed by him, 34,000+/-, he is as big a servant to them as they are to him. He is out in the world of politics making a name for himself. He is not going to take the annual salary offered to the president. He is talking tax cuts. The economy is up and this is reflected in the federal