Oprah's secret to leadership
- Oprah has a referent leadership style which allows her to be a great role model to many people.
- She is a visionary leader and has many ideas and projects in mind, in which she projects onto real life.
- Oprah demonstrates herself to be an effective communicator, talented organizer, and good listener, making her very influential to others.
- She is the type of leader to control and direct the outcome of a situation/discussion very easily and assure everyone is satisfied.
- When on her Oprah Winfrey Show, she allows her audience to lead most of the discussions as well as gives them the power to speak their mind, rather than being in charge of everything that happens.
- She allows people to be able to achieve their own goals by helping them do so. For example, when she had given $1,000 to each person in her audience, with complete freedom of how to use it.
- She influences others through the power of her charismatic personality, her passion about the things she supports is inspiring.
- Oprah has a huge impact on others, she shows others that risk taking can be a positive thing as well as can lead you to great things, with the example of her life.
- Oprah engages in unity of direction as she leads many projects, all with one objective- to inspire others.
- Oprah is a great example of legitimate authority, as when she first started in the industry, she was underestimated because of her color and where she had come from. She was able to work her way to the top without anything given to her, but rather had to work for what she had earned.
- Oprah has had many opportunities, as well as threats over the years. She had managed to defeat every threat with her strength as well as take on many opportunities with her intelligence.
- Oprah uses the Hawthorne effect to single people in her audience out, in order to get them to open up to everyone about their problems and thoughts, allowing her viewers to be more entertained and create a better show.
“Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself”
-Oprah Winfrey