Leadership and the courage to do so influences others and, if the leader shows superiority, causes followers to devote their mindset to that leader.. Whether in a situation of pressure or surged initiative, evidence shows the leader has an immense influential outcome for those who follow. Disasters happen everyday and we have those brave ones in emergency services who take on that exact leadership role in dire situations. These emergency leaders, such as firefighters, police men, and paramedics are trained extensively, but what makes them great is for their critical thinking skills as well as being able to problem solve in any situation. To back up this claim, in Paul and Ron Grants, Disaster psychology: Dispelling the myths of panic, suggest
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In risky situations, the human intuition often is in need of an innovational spark to trigger a solution. “The leader does not make decisions based strictly on rules, guidelines, International Journal of Leadership Studies, or facts, but instead is able to use intuition to discern the appropriate action to take as well as the tasks most appropriate for each follower” (………..). This eludes to a point in a case from the disaster of hurricane Katrina, where no matter “[the emergency squads] training in previous [years]” those individuals who were there to lead us in emergency situations were quick to say that following [disasters such as] Katrina[,] they had to improvise in many situations, absent previous specific planning for what they actually had to do. (92). These quotes from emergency personnel exemplify that in situations of danger, we often are struck with uncertainty and have to think quickly on our feet. Although we may be trained extensively for an emergency situations, like our emergency units, in hindsight, we are never really …show more content…
Is it smart for followers to follow these leaders blindly or is it better for everyone to think for themselves? Those leaders who come to the safety of others are what makes them, to put it simply, leaders. However, these courageous acts do come with misfortune and can imminently cause a backfire effect. To put it more clear, those who are there to help us can actually hurt us. Because our leaders are proven and even said to “problem solve” in situations, that comes with risk, there is no straight answer. As said in an article ………(http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.capilanou.ca/lib/capilano/reader.action?docID=10843701&ppg=92) “the world is inherently fuzzy, complex, and [most certainly] uncertain” (PAGE 75) (http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.capilanou.ca/lib/capilano/reader.action?docID=10843701&ppg=92). Should we trust a leader, even though there may be a high chance that they are wrong, or should we trust our own human instinct to survive in a dire situation? Another quote from the article……… suggests that “[w]hen helping, [it] substantially increases the risk of dying, it would be rational for most individuals to save themselves rather than helping others”. But imagine society without these “helpers” or “leaders”. We would have lost a substantial amount of lives to catastrophes if those leaders were to afraid to risk
In risky situations, the human intuition often is in need of an innovational spark to trigger a solution. “The leader does not make decisions based strictly on rules, guidelines, International Journal of Leadership Studies, or facts, but instead is able to use intuition to discern the appropriate action to take as well as the tasks most appropriate for each follower” (………..). This eludes to a point in a case from the disaster of hurricane Katrina, where no matter “[the emergency squads] training in previous [years]” those individuals who were there to lead us in emergency situations were quick to say that following [disasters such as] Katrina[,] they had to improvise in many situations, absent previous specific planning for what they actually had to do. (92). These quotes from emergency personnel exemplify that in situations of danger, we often are struck with uncertainty and have to think quickly on our feet. Although we may be trained extensively for an emergency situations, like our emergency units, in hindsight, we are never really …show more content…
Is it smart for followers to follow these leaders blindly or is it better for everyone to think for themselves? Those leaders who come to the safety of others are what makes them, to put it simply, leaders. However, these courageous acts do come with misfortune and can imminently cause a backfire effect. To put it more clear, those who are there to help us can actually hurt us. Because our leaders are proven and even said to “problem solve” in situations, that comes with risk, there is no straight answer. As said in an article ………(http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.capilanou.ca/lib/capilano/reader.action?docID=10843701&ppg=92) “the world is inherently fuzzy, complex, and [most certainly] uncertain” (PAGE 75) (http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.capilanou.ca/lib/capilano/reader.action?docID=10843701&ppg=92). Should we trust a leader, even though there may be a high chance that they are wrong, or should we trust our own human instinct to survive in a dire situation? Another quote from the article……… suggests that “[w]hen helping, [it] substantially increases the risk of dying, it would be rational for most individuals to save themselves rather than helping others”. But imagine society without these “helpers” or “leaders”. We would have lost a substantial amount of lives to catastrophes if those leaders were to afraid to risk