Fireproof Leadership

For the Film Report assignment, I chose to watch a movie “Fireproof”, which genre are drama, romance, and Christian. The movie is about the crisis of the marriage of Caleb and Catherine Holt. They decided to divorce, however, Caleb’s father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and to follow the process called “The Love Dare” to make them love each other again. The main actor and a leader in this movie is Caleb who is also a heroic fire captain who values dedication and service to others above all else. I chose to analyze this particular movie because a leader, Caleb, is not only dedicated to his job, but also for the most important partnership in his life, marriage. To begin with, the leader’s code in the movie was “Never leave your partner behind”, which from the start shows that Caleb is a team leader, having the authority by being the fire captain. His leadership role as a fire …show more content…
As a great leader of the fire department, Caleb has the authority to command, which is why I recognize him to have the legitimate power. Caleb also has a referent power because of the influence based on his charisma, identification, and trust. Applying the Situational Leadership Model Theory, by Hersey and Blanchard, I would say that Caleb belongs in S2 because he provides the direction, but also allows his employees to offer opportunities for clarification in this two-way communication. However, I would also see Caleb as S3 because he shares his ideas at work with his employees and collaborates with decision-making. Caleb’s father is definitely S1 because he gave specific instructions to Caleb on how to save his marriage by providing him a book and supervised him during the process of forty days. From the Five Conflict-Handling Modes, by Thomas Kilmann, Caleb is recognized as a collaborating owl, because he is a wise person that finds the right solution and the right