Tucker Movie Analysis

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Attitude can be a positive motivator in your life or it can do the exact opposite and crush your dreams and be negative. As a leader your attitude affects the entire team. If you react poorly to things and always have a Eeyore attitude everyone under you will start to act the same way. On the other hand if you are being positive and motivating people to accomplish the task they will feed off your attitude and energy to finish the task at hand. Preston Tucker was a man who always had a positive attitude even when deep down he knew it was not going right. Mr. Tucker had the ideal leadership traits to be successful. From the way he used his leadership style, to his vision, and how he empowered his followers to complete the task. Mr. …show more content…

Starting with empathy he was concerned with how the process was going and to make sure it was as safe as possible. He had direction, Tucker knew that he wanted a car that would compete with the big three and prove his car was safer than theirs. He was excellent at communicating, he was able to go in front of hearing boards and make his plea for support. Tucker had flexibility when it came to design. His lead designer made a few adjustments to the design to make it safer. This is shown in the movie when the designer told Tucker the fenders would be stationary because if they moved it would be like fins and cause the car to crash. The last characteristic that Tuck had was conviction. He was going to see the car through all the way to the end. There was nothing going to stop him. Preston Tucker was both a charismatic and transformational leader. He showed his …show more content…

He gave his followers a vision of the future where car accidents would no longer mean serious injury or even death. He offered them a car design that was not like the other ones it was new and fresh that caught the eye of the public. The car had new designs that made it safer. The front windshield was shatterproof and would pop out on impact. It had seat belts to keep the driver and passengers from being flung out of the car in rollovers and to restrain them. The Tucker also had headlights that would turn with the car to always illuminate where you were going. Mr. Tucker sells his car idea as a step towards the future where safety comes first over profits. In the meeting where he served very bloody roast beef. He said in the meeting, “Why would the big three in Detroit be allowed to make billions of dollars without spending one dime on safety. But I know and you know and the public knows all they care about is profits.” This was a bold statement and ended up hurting his chances of ever competing on the same level as the big

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