What Makes George Washington A Good Leader

George Washington Being born with some qualities a leader may have does not mean a person will make a great leader. However, as someone lives and gains wisdom, more qualities show and they have the ability to be a wonderful leader. Qualities such as honesty, the ability to delegate, communicate, commitment, and the ability to inspire others to a different point of view are just some of the qualities needed to make a great leader. George Washington was one of those amazing leaders, especially in his time period. However, Washington was not born with these qualities. As he grew older and wiser he gained those qualities just like everybody else has the ability to do. Qualities of being a superb leader include honesty, ability to delegate, learn, commitment, be willing to take risks, intuition, and the ability to inspire others to make some type of change or thinking. Honesty means knowing that a person is speaking the truth and not lying. The ability to delegate is the ability to entrust a task or responsibility to another person.. This …show more content…
He gained all of these qualities through his life experiences. Washington was an ambitious, “foolish” young man who could act impulsively without thinking or meaning to (Washington and the French and Indian War). As the War continued Washington grew through his failures and began to learn from his mistakes, becoming smarter and smarter about his decisions (George Washington: Lessons in Leadership). For example, when Washington was under General John Forbes they agreed on most things nearly all the time. However, when General Forbes decided to create a whole new pathway, Washington stated that he thought they should just widen a path that was created before by Edward Braddock. (75, Washington and the French and Indian War). Washington continued to grow despite his failings and being humiliated a few times by others who had seemingly out-done