Angela Merkel's leadership style
As The Economist (September 28th 2013) says, Angela Merkel won a landslide victory and became the chancellor of Germany for the third time. The crisis gave us a hard time and most big European countries dumped their leaders during this period. However, Angela Merkel again proved to be a leader that most people follow and admire. Is it purely because she does things right for her people? Or does it rather spark from her personality, including her behavioral, communication skills or influential authority? This paper will elaborate ideas on what makes Germany’s chancellor such a powerful leader and by using psychological theories it will lead the reader to defining the leadership style Ms. Merkel exercises.
To define and get to know Angela Merkel’s personality closer, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an excellent tool, which reveals preferences and one’s personality with a reliability of 83%. As Psychologytoday.com claims (Psychologytoday, 2012) and one could also anticipate it, she is an ENTJ type person. This basically means that Ms. Merkel is decisive, honest and powerful enough to become a leader. In addition, an ENTJ type person notices illogical and inefficient procedures quickly and is able to solve problems fast and effectively due to being well informed and not afraid of presenting strong opinions. This is also backed by her notoriety of disagreeing with most of other’s opinions in the European Parliament and Council.
Communication is rated as the single and most important factor when it comes to selecting managers or job success. As regards communication (Independent.co.uk, 2013) we must say that Ms. Merkel is a mediocre debater and she does not give many speeches. Nonetheless is she able to contribute to connecting emotionally with German or other people. What about body language? It can either draw or drive away one’s attention and determines to a significant degree how much an individual likes another. They are basically unconscious signs and their
To define and get to know Angela Merkel’s personality closer, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an excellent tool, which reveals preferences and one’s personality with a reliability of 83%. As Psychologytoday.com claims (Psychologytoday, 2012) and one could also anticipate it, she is an ENTJ type person. This basically means that Ms. Merkel is decisive, honest and powerful enough to become a leader. In addition, an ENTJ type person notices illogical and inefficient procedures quickly and is able to solve problems fast and effectively due to being well informed and not afraid of presenting strong opinions. This is also backed by her notoriety of disagreeing with most of other’s opinions in the European Parliament and Council.
Communication is rated as the single and most important factor when it comes to selecting managers or job success. As regards communication (Independent.co.uk, 2013) we must say that Ms. Merkel is a mediocre debater and she does not give many speeches. Nonetheless is she able to contribute to connecting emotionally with German or other people. What about body language? It can either draw or drive away one’s attention and determines to a significant degree how much an individual likes another. They are basically unconscious signs and their