I liked the way Harvey started this reading, by pinpointing why leadership is so complex. In general, I liked this reading because it defends why leadership studies are legitimate and important. Out of his seven questions, I found \u201cWho are we?\u201d to be the most surprising and interesting. It is a simple question, but one that may often go unanswered. Context is important, and without it, we cannot be sure that we are doing the correct thing for a situation. Naming this context and group identities is extremely important. This question may seem to divide people in some cases, but for effective leadership, it is meant to unite people. The end of the questions \u201cDo we understand\u201d is also something that I think is easily glossed over. This is the part that a group evaluates that progress has actually occurred. This reminds me of the phrase \u201chistory repeats itself.\u201d Without reflection, we are bound to make the same mistakes over and over. Studying the effects of leaders will show which attributes are beneficial to which situations.<\/p>\n
I had never questioned the analysis of fictional characters before reading Bezio\u2019s paper. As I mentioned earlier, we have learned before that context matters, and it makes sense that this would change the evaluation of leaders in Shakespeare\u2019s plays. As stated early on in the reading, certain comparisons do not properly encompass important difference. However, considering context, using fictional leaders can be helpful examples. They are certainly me steadfast and consistent than real life examples. A few comparisons from Pericles<\/em> to Brexit stood out to me. First, Shakespeare\u2019s reminder to the audience that power does not come from God, but from the people. England\u2019s transition from a pure monarchy to a parliamentary system exemplifies this feeling among the people who voted for Brexit, and thus demonstrated power of the masses. Additionally, Bezio made the parting remark to \u201cadvocate for what is just even in the face of storms and corruption.\u201d This idea demonstrated in Shakespeare is a very powerful example that leaders would do well to emulate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I liked the way Harvey started this reading, by pinpointing why leadership is so complex. In general, I liked this reading because it defends why leadership studies are legitimate and important. Out of his seven questions, I found \u201cWho are we?\u201d to be the most surprising and interesting. It is a simple question, but one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4486,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading-responses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}