Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Style
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In the list of the worldÆs ranking mega-leaders, there are few women. This is undoubtedly not for any lack of talent or leadership ability among women, but more likely because the step between being a good leader and being a world-renowned mega-leader is quite large, and few womenùor men, for that matterùhave been able to pull together all of the abilities and resources necessary to make it happen. In Oprah WinfreyÆs case, however, mega-leadership was achievable, and she has not only achieved it but keeps increasing her leadership base. Starting out as a talk-show host, she has become the Chairman of the Harpo group of companies, the founder and editorial director of O Magazine, producer, actress, an online leader via her Oprah.com website, a prominent philanthropist, television programming creator, cofounder of the Oxygen cable network, and recipient of numerous achievement and humanitarian awards (ôOprah WinfreyÆs Biographyö). Oprah is 359th on Forbes magazineÆs ô400 Richest Americansö list and has won seven Emmys as host of ôThe Oprah Winfrey Showö (Mayer, 29). Oprah Winfrey is undeniably a modern example of great leadership and a model for women everywhere who want to be leaders and accomplish great things.Since Oprah started out as a poor black girl in the South, sexually abused and of uncertain parentage, her climb to meteoric success was not by any means easy or guaranteed. Oprah overcame enormous odds and great personal pain to
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d Cow disease, Oprah made the offhand comment that ôIt has just stopped me cold from eating another burger.ö That one sentence sent cattle prices tumbling, costing beef producers approximately $12 million (ôOprah Winfreyö). The cattlemen sued her for ôfalse defamation of perishable foodö and ôbusiness disparagement,ö sparking a two-month court battle, which she subsequently won (ôOprah Winfreyö).
The ability to touch peopleÆs hearts implies another element that is obvious in OprahÆs leadershipùtrust. People trust Oprah, possibly because she openly expresses her opinions and shows herself to be caring toward others. Many leaders feel it necessary to withhold their personal feelings from those beneath them, distancing themselves in an attempt to maintain order and discipline. This may work for holding people in line and getting them to obey out of fear, but it does not capture hearts or inspire the kind of devotion that OprahÆs fans feel for her. They love her, and they listen to every word she says. She has personal power that is grounded not only in respect but also in a belief that she cares for them as much as they care for her. As a media personality, someone whom millions know, it is to OprahÆs credit that she is ab
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