Malala Yousafzai
A person shot and left for dead in a Middle Eastern country. With the current state of unrest in that region, this a familiar story that likely would not surprise many. In this story, the country is Pakistan and the victim is a 15-year-old girl that just wanted to go to school. This attack was the catalyst that thrust Malala Yousafzai into the spotlight and led to her becoming the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner and a global leader for change. Malala Yousafzai is a Visionary Leader and an Ethical Leader because she used transformational leadership and leveraged diversity to fight for girls’ education when faced with potential harm to herself, and others, from strong opposition in an ethically relative environment. …show more content…
I will also discuss Malala’s sudden battle with ethical relativism from the Taliban and the potential harm she faced in her decision-making concerning her fight for girls’ education. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I will highlight what Malala’s visionary leadership and ethical leadership mean to me and how I plan to use her actions to improve my own leadership abilities. Now that the plan for this paper is clear, I will dive deeper in Malala’s visionary leadership.
Visionary Leader
Malala first showed her visionary leadership through her use of idealized influence at a young age in her homeland, the Swat Valley of Pakistan. From early childhood, Malala attended school and yearned for education. When the Taliban rose to power in the Swat Valley around the time Malala was 10, they banned women from employment and education and sentenced those who opposed them to death (Fazl-e-Haider, 2013). At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai began anonymously blogging on the Urdu language version of the BBC website, openly discussing her experiences, thoughts,
A person shot and left for dead in a Middle Eastern country. With the current state of unrest in that region, this a familiar story that likely would not surprise many. In this story, the country is Pakistan and the victim is a 15-year-old girl that just wanted to go to school. This attack was the catalyst that thrust Malala Yousafzai into the spotlight and led to her becoming the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner and a global leader for change. Malala Yousafzai is a Visionary Leader and an Ethical Leader because she used transformational leadership and leveraged diversity to fight for girls’ education when faced with potential harm to herself, and others, from strong opposition in an ethically relative environment. …show more content…
I will also discuss Malala’s sudden battle with ethical relativism from the Taliban and the potential harm she faced in her decision-making concerning her fight for girls’ education. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I will highlight what Malala’s visionary leadership and ethical leadership mean to me and how I plan to use her actions to improve my own leadership abilities. Now that the plan for this paper is clear, I will dive deeper in Malala’s visionary leadership.
Visionary Leader
Malala first showed her visionary leadership through her use of idealized influence at a young age in her homeland, the Swat Valley of Pakistan. From early childhood, Malala attended school and yearned for education. When the Taliban rose to power in the Swat Valley around the time Malala was 10, they banned women from employment and education and sentenced those who opposed them to death (Fazl-e-Haider, 2013). At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai began anonymously blogging on the Urdu language version of the BBC website, openly discussing her experiences, thoughts,