Dmitri Ivanovski's Leadership Style

Dmitri Iosifovich Ivanovski (1864-1920) was a famous botanist, plant physiologist, and microbiologist (Lechevalier, 1972) who lived in Russia. He is considered one of the founders of virology. Ivanovski also did work with tobacco plants, mosaic disease, soil microbiology, and fermentation. Ivanovski’s life was very interesting. His early years were spent in a small village in Russia. In his later life he went to different universities and participated in many scientific experiments, lectures, and discussions. Ivanovski was a great medical leader as well. He had many leadership qualities and skills that made him one of a kind. Now for a detailed look into Ivanovski’s early years. Ivanovski was born on October 28, 1864. He grew up in Nizy, a small Russian village. He had quite a big family with two brothers, Nikolai and Alexsei, and two sisters, Lydia and Olga (Lechevalier, 1972). His father, Iosip Antonovich Ivanovski, was a descendent from a noble family; there wasn’t much information on Ivanovski’s mother. After his father’s death the whole …show more content…
His leadership style was very direct. He was a no-nonsense type of person. Ivanovski was a good leader for many reasons. Since he was a teacher for a big portion of his life Ivanovski knew how to communicate well and how to lead by example. Ivanovski was also a thinker, which improved his leadership skills by giving him the ability to think through his problems. Ivanovski had many qualities of a leader. He was very mature, patient, observant, and intellectual. Ivanovski’s discovery indirectly helped people. His discovery helped scientists come up with a full explanation on viruses. This, in turn, helped everyone because we now know the reason behind certain illnesses. Ivanovski is an important medical leader because he further advanced the study of virology. Without his contribution it would have taken scientists a lot longer to figure out that viruses have a filterable