Tuesday, May 08, 2012

1990s Leadership

Today will mark the final segment of my series on decade leadership. I have really enjoyed presenting my idea on what kind of leadership style you are based upon the events of a decade. Today I am going to look at the 1990s or the nineties.

The Nineties was considered the true dawn of the information age. It wasn't because information technology was invented in the nineties, it was created well before that time. It is because this information technology became more accessible to the general public. Cell phones, world wide web, email, MP3 players, DVD players and portable CD players all became accessible to the public and less expensive.

The Nineties, like the seventies saw a President get impeached. This time however Clinton didn't resign like Nixon. He stayed in office and was acquitted by congress. He was impeached for perjury during his testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. The country was glued to the television as a white Ford Bronco cruised through the freeways of LA carrying OJ Simpson. He later went to trial for murder and was found not guilty, the trial gripped America. The Oklahoma City Federal building was bombed by Timothy McVeigh in 1995. He claimed it was retaliation for the Waco massacre that occurred in 1993.

The nineties also saw a devastating school shooting at Columbine High School that changed the way schools conducted security. A number of plane crashes occurred during the nineties, most notably Trans World flight 800, crashed in New York. America also became involved in the Gulf war to help Kuwait Iraq.

What kind of leader are you if you are a 1990s leader? You are the type of leader who takes old innovations and is able to refine and make them better. You are the type of leader who can take ideas and help make them reality for everyone. You are a brash leader, someone who stands their ground despite others wanting to get rid of you. You have a flair for the dramatic and what you do seems to capture the imagination of others. You are imaginative and are able to create despite danger at every turn. It is almost as if you work better under pressure.

Be a leader under pressure, innovate and captivate, be a 1990s leader.

Thanks to Wikipedia for the photo and the decade information.

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