Leadership In The Film 'Twelve Angry Men'

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Twelve Angry Men Leadership Types During the movie “Twelve Angry Men” they use many leadership skills to persuade each other to vote guilty or not guilty to reach a verdict. A few of the skills are pressure, rational persuasion, and personal appeal. After reflecting on all of these leadership skills, I have learned anyone can lead any group of people with different personalities, and a good leader not only cares on a personal level but also uses the personal appeal style of leadership. The jurors I chose to write about are juror numbers three, five, eight, and ten.
Number eight had the main leadership role, he also showed drive, cognitive ability, flexibility, and creativity. You later learn toward the end of the movie that he is an architect by trade and loves knowing the exact …show more content…

His leadership skills were not very strong, he used rational persuasion as well as pressure persuasion, mostly by yelling at everyone a lot. This was a sensitive topic to him, due to the fact, he had a bad relationship with his son and no longer speaks to him. At the end of the movie you find out that he was voting guilty only because he did not want to feel any of the buried feelings he has toward his relationship with his son. Juror eight used a lot of rational persuasion to get juror three to change his mind, he also had to use a lot of intimidation skills because juror three was very upset about this case. For example, juror eight would stand up when talking to juror three and he would not back down when juror three got closer to him. Toward the end of the movie he is the only one left on the guilty side, this is where the he is pressured into changing his vote. As everyone leaves the room juror eight retrieves juror number three's jacket to show personal appeal and connect with him on a personal level. This shows that juror number three was an amazing leader as well as a good

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