Leadership Speech

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, review the following resources:

• Chapter 9 of your textbook Leadership: Theory and Practice
• How Great Leaders CommunicateLinks to an external site. article

Choose one of the following speeches to reflect on for this discussion forum:

• President Obama: Barack Obama - New Beginning Speech June 4th 2009, CairoLinks to an external site.
• Malala Yousafzai: Activist Malala Yousafzai Delivers Impassioned Speech to Canadian ParliamentLinks to an external site.
• President Kennedy: President Kennedy’s speech at Rice UniversityLinks to an external site.
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: I’ve Been to the MountaintopLinks to an external site.
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a DreamLinks to an external site.
• John F. Kennedy: Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the NationLinks to an external site.
• Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing (aka “The Speech”)Links to an external site.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor Address to the NationLinks to an external site.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton: Remarks to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women Plenary SessionLinks to an external site.
• Aung San Suu Kyi: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi speech at Yale with Myanmar SubstitleLinks to an external site. [sic]

In your post,

• Review your selected speech and share the key points illustrated in the speech.
  • What made the speech so memorable?
  • What were the main takeaways?
  • What did you learn in terms of leadership communication from this speech?
• Share attributes that you could incorporate into your own leadership communication.

Your discussion post should be a minimum of 250 words.