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.
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