Pauline 05/03/2011 Tresvaux du Fraval

Write an essay on how useful could be applying concepts derives from these authors to develop some leadership strategies in your future project

Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. It is the ability to motivate a group of people toward a common goal. These items will help you develop your skills as a leader. But what is a leader? a leader is someone who leads other. A leader is a person who has a vision, a drive and a commitment to achieve that vision, and the skills to make it happen. Nowadays, in order to find efficient leadership strategies it possible to base our reflection on concepts of philosophical author. So, for the purpose of find on how useful could be applying concepts deriving from philosophical authors to develop some leadership strategies, we are going to analyze Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant, Utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill, The Prince of Niccolò Machiavelli, The Art of War of Sun Tzu and The Seven Deadly Sins.
First of all, we are going to analyze and compare to leadership the Seven Deadly Sins. To begin we are going to talk about Glutonery. Glutonery meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. Nowadays, glutonery could be analyzed like the need for someone to always want more. This kind of person is never really happy of what he has, of what he gets. On the one hand a person who work a lot and want to do more to be satisfied can be an advantage. On the other hand, in leadership strategies, being greedy is not useful in so far as it means to never be satisfied, to ask more and more and to not be happy of any gains. Some people always needed to do more than others like to be the best. But it’s important to keep in mind that this feeling is an individual feeling. Indeed, a