The harsh environment and culture that surrounded Leonidas and his ability to overcome these hard conditions pushed Leonidas to reveal his main character and traits which were from a part a necessity to survive and from another part his hidden personality. Leonidas didn’t find large difficulties to integrate and surpass these conditions; instead he was pioneered and empowered by them and enjoyed a free life, full of face to face combats style and a confident-pragmatic personality.
A. MBTI:
As a first judgment “Leonidas” could have an ESTP or ESTJ Myer Brig Type Indicator.
However, following the description in the first 5 pages of the OB course - MBTI, Leonidas the straightforward character was clearly a sensing and thinking person. He used his 5 senses in hunting and fighting skills as well in his daily life. He sensed danger physically and not by intuitiveness although he was able to put strategies he fought using his brutal force (preferred style). Leonidas Feelings were shy; the king of Sparta cannot be ruled by emotions. Showing no mercy (keeping no prisoners in war), Leonidas made up several …show more content…
Although the fact that the movie itself describes a war which is typically in need of a contingency leader to defend Sparta from the Persian attack, Leonidas shared with the Spartans a vision that admires the Freedom of their people. Leonidas leadership passed through the different elements of the transformational leadership, form creating a strategic vision and communicating it till building the commitment of the team which is revealed in their lives sacrifice decision. All of the above will guide us to say that Leonidas was a transformational leader and not transactional, he built a team, motivate his members and ensured a one spirit group. In the following I’ll be studying some of the leadership characteristics and evaluating them on a scale from 0 to
A. MBTI:
As a first judgment “Leonidas” could have an ESTP or ESTJ Myer Brig Type Indicator.
However, following the description in the first 5 pages of the OB course - MBTI, Leonidas the straightforward character was clearly a sensing and thinking person. He used his 5 senses in hunting and fighting skills as well in his daily life. He sensed danger physically and not by intuitiveness although he was able to put strategies he fought using his brutal force (preferred style). Leonidas Feelings were shy; the king of Sparta cannot be ruled by emotions. Showing no mercy (keeping no prisoners in war), Leonidas made up several …show more content…
Although the fact that the movie itself describes a war which is typically in need of a contingency leader to defend Sparta from the Persian attack, Leonidas shared with the Spartans a vision that admires the Freedom of their people. Leonidas leadership passed through the different elements of the transformational leadership, form creating a strategic vision and communicating it till building the commitment of the team which is revealed in their lives sacrifice decision. All of the above will guide us to say that Leonidas was a transformational leader and not transactional, he built a team, motivate his members and ensured a one spirit group. In the following I’ll be studying some of the leadership characteristics and evaluating them on a scale from 0 to