When most people hear the name Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. they quickly refer to his “I have a Dream” speech during the march to Washington D.C., his involvement in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, or the Nobel Peace Prize he earned in 1964. While his legacy is secure in the minds of all Americans, people often fail to realize that Dr. King was a visionary an ethical leader, who led our nation through the Civil Right Movement. I will start by explaining how Dr. King used the visionary leader traits of Inspirational Motivation from the Full Range Leadership lesson and Cognitive Diversity from the Diversity lesson to lead our nation through the Civil Right Movement. Subsequent, I will highlight how Dr. King used Reflective Thinking from the Critical
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King was a visionary leader who believed through love and non-violence men and women of all races and back grounds could have the same freedoms, rights, justice, and equality in American. To bring his vision to life Dr. King took to his office and began to think how he would motivate and influence people without pushing them toward violence. He chose to complete this by drafting his speeches using militancy and moderation. On 5 December 1955, Dr. King delivered the following speech to the nation.
There comes a time when people get tire. We are here this evening to say to those who mistreated us so long that we are tired, tired of being segregated and humiliated; tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression. (Phillips, p. …show more content…
Over 3,000 records that had to be researched, processed, and mailed off. At first, I thought we would never be able to complete the task, this was due to current practices from outside clinics constantly bringing paperwork and records to our office. After researching why, we had the backlog, reviewing current policies, and enquiring with other medical facility who experienced the same issues, I realized that the outside clinics should be maintaining their own records. This helped me develop a plan to solve our backlog problem and identify tools necessary to complete the job. By using reflective thinking I was able to work through the ethical relativism trap I was experiencing. Once passed the ethical relativism trap, I knew my team which consisted of two Airmen, three civilians, and one Non-commissioned Officer could complete the task given the right tools. I decided to keep an open-mind and hear their ideas on how to clear the backlog. My team, as I suspected had different ideas and thoughts on how to solve this problem. As a leader I was able to leverage their cognitive diversity to gather ideas and solutions from everyone, which helped solve our problem. Knowing filing and researching records and loose paperwork is not an easy task. I would constantly express my confidence in them through spoken word, reassuring them that we would reach our goal. This
King was a visionary leader who believed through love and non-violence men and women of all races and back grounds could have the same freedoms, rights, justice, and equality in American. To bring his vision to life Dr. King took to his office and began to think how he would motivate and influence people without pushing them toward violence. He chose to complete this by drafting his speeches using militancy and moderation. On 5 December 1955, Dr. King delivered the following speech to the nation.
There comes a time when people get tire. We are here this evening to say to those who mistreated us so long that we are tired, tired of being segregated and humiliated; tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression. (Phillips, p. …show more content…
Over 3,000 records that had to be researched, processed, and mailed off. At first, I thought we would never be able to complete the task, this was due to current practices from outside clinics constantly bringing paperwork and records to our office. After researching why, we had the backlog, reviewing current policies, and enquiring with other medical facility who experienced the same issues, I realized that the outside clinics should be maintaining their own records. This helped me develop a plan to solve our backlog problem and identify tools necessary to complete the job. By using reflective thinking I was able to work through the ethical relativism trap I was experiencing. Once passed the ethical relativism trap, I knew my team which consisted of two Airmen, three civilians, and one Non-commissioned Officer could complete the task given the right tools. I decided to keep an open-mind and hear their ideas on how to clear the backlog. My team, as I suspected had different ideas and thoughts on how to solve this problem. As a leader I was able to leverage their cognitive diversity to gather ideas and solutions from everyone, which helped solve our problem. Knowing filing and researching records and loose paperwork is not an easy task. I would constantly express my confidence in them through spoken word, reassuring them that we would reach our goal. This