1960s Leadership

The Sixties!

One of the most controversial decades and one that also changed the face of life as we knew it. It was the decade of free love, hippies, drugs, assasinations, space, war, civil rights, and anti-establishment. Quite a bit happened in the sixties that shaped the way society and the world thought. No longer were we in the picturesque America of the 1950s.

Civil rights became a prominent feature during the sixties and it helped pave the way for equal rights for minorities and women. Great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. were able to rally thousands of people to follow their dream of freedom and equality. MLK's life was cut short in an assassination but the work he did for civil rights paved the way for history some 40 years later when America voted in the first African American President.

There were anti-war demonstrations, feminism demonstrations and civil rights marches, all in the name of Freedom. Everyone had a cause that they wanted to stand up for and believe in. People were no longer going to accept life as it was, they wanted change.

If you are a sixties leader, what kind of leader are you? A sixites leader is an agent of change. They are someone who doesn't want to stay with the status quo. They want change and they are willing to lead and inspire groups of people to follow their dream. The sixties leader is also very innovative and is on the cutting edge of greatness. In the early sixties JFK said we would land a man on the moon and in 1969 America landed the first man on the moon. True innovation is being able to deliver when and what you say you will deliver.

The sixties leader is also controversial. They aren't going with the norm and thus can tend to make waves and cause a lot of eyebrows to be raised. The sixties leader with their power can capture the imagination of a company and ride the enthusiasm to greatness.

The sixties leader is charismatic. Do you have the charisma to be a sixties leader? Peace, love and lead.

Thanks to Wikipedia as a reference for the picture and the sixties content.