How to act as a good leader(蝇王分析).doc

How to Act as a Good LeaderLord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a Nobel-winning novel. It is a short but meaningful novel. After reading this novel, I have learnt much about human sublime and evil nature, and I have also learnt more about leading skills from the two main characters, Ralph and Jack. I gradually realize what qualities a qualified leader should possess. In this paper I will focus on exploring how to act as a good leader.How to act as a good leader? There are many standard answers given by scholars. According to PeterFDrucker, a good leader should grasp the organizations mission and mobilize people around to finish this mission by struggle. A good leader should also be honesty, care about the feelings of the others, and not for the interests of an individual or a small group and put the needs of all in the first place. Otherwise people would not follow him/her, said by John Kurt.As far as Im concerned, a good leader should grasp the correct direction to solve problems; he/she also possesses the ability to keep a group well organized. Besides, the sense of self-reflection is an essential quality a good leader should be equipped with. I learn these practical leading skills from Ralph and Jack.A good leader should grasp the correct direction to solve problems, which means that he/she should get the key point of the problems and make the right decision. Ralph insists on keeping the fire alive. He thinks of the fire as the way to salvation. While Jacks insist on hunting pigs can provide everyone on that deserted island with meat. Meat can support them enough nutrition. But he never considers if he was rescued and sent back home, he would be taken good care of by his family; he could eat meat without hunting pigs exhaustively. We can see clearly that Ralph makes the right decision to set up fire waiting for being rescued when they are trapped on the isolated island. So I think that Ralph manages well in grasping the key mission. A good leader should get the key point of problems swiftly and give the right order in time when problems arise.The ability to keep a group well organized is necessary for a good leader. Keeping a group well organized means not only assigning tasks properly, but also keeping the unity within the group. At the beginning, Ralph starts as a leader, in the novel, to the whole group of stranded kids and keeps them organized by giving them an occupation that will benefit them all. He assigns Samneric the job of keeping the fire alive, Jack and his choir as the hunters, and Piggy as a care-taker of littluns. But Ralph lacks the skills to deal with his friends, so till the end, only Piggy and Simon are still loyal to Ralph. On the contrary, Jack wins support from all the other children. Jack organizes all the hunters to hunt a pig successfully and shares meat with all the children including Ralph. He plays and dances with all the children happily when eating meat. Also, Jack shows his braveness in against the beasts. He once said that, If there is a beast, well hunt it down! Littluns all feel theyve been protected well by Jack after hearing so. So all the other children are willing to support their new leader, Jack, and obey his orders. We can conclude that Ralph does assign all the necessary work properly, but he fails to deal with others correctly. Jack maintains the unity of all the children. He organizes his hunting group well and becomes a real new leader. Clearly to see, keeping a group well organized is essential for a good leader.A good leader should be equipped with the sense of self-reflection, which means realizing his/her faults and correct them in time. Ralph lacks the sense of self-reflection, so does Jack. We readers all know that they both have shortcomings and have made mistakes. But they themselves just cannot realize what mistakes they have made. Ralph is too stubborn. He considers it ridiculous for Jack to hunt pigs without keeping the fire alive, just ignoring childrens physiological needs for meat. Eating fruits every day is far from enough if they want to survive on the isolated island. Huang Wenrong (a senior student in Nanjing University of Technology) thinks that Ralph is tactless in solving problems and personal relationship. when Jack brings Samneric away from the fire in order so that they could help them hunt. While Samneric are gone, the fire starts to diminish while a ship is in view. Ralph seeing this is carried by rage and starts an argument with Jack. He was not able to manage the conflict between him and Jack, just causing Jack to overturn the whole group.Jacks fault lies in how little he comprehends the meaning of the fire. He pays little attention to being rescued. He only believes that they should have fun and do whatever they want to do. We can assume the result that nobody in his group will be rescued, that all of them stay on the island, waiting for death when all the food runs out. According to Chu Tingting, Jack is cruel enough to kill the pigs alive mercilessly and treats Piggy rough and results in his death. Spitz discusses Jacks appearance calling him a “Satanic figure with his red hair and black cape.” He also calls Jack “authorian man” and compares him to the dictators “Hitler and Mussolini”. A person with cruelty and tyranny cannot be a good leader, either.Neither Ralph or Jack is a perfect leader. We all know that nobody on the earth is perfect, so we allow them to make mistakes, but we also need our protagonists to correct their mistakes as quickly as possible and make right decisions in the following steps. But actually they fail to do so because they lack the sense of self-reflection. They dont know to find their own mistakes and just blame others for their faults. Due to the poor leadership from both Ralph and Jack, the ending of this novel is disastrous. But they are 12 years old, they are just children, so theres no need for us to blame them too much on their imperfect leadership. But we readers can come to a conclusion that the sense of self-reflection is one of the necessary qualities a good leader should have. Therefore, among so many standard answers to the question, how to act as a good leader? I find three answers from Ralphs and Jacks merits and demerits. That is grasping the key point of the mission; keeping a group well organized; and possessing the sense of self-reflection. If a leader has the above-mentioned three basic qualities, he/she can be called a good leader! Works cited1、Golding, William, Lord of the Flies2、Peter FDrucker, (November 19, 1909 November 11, 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.”1 His books and scholarly and popular articles explored how humans are organized across the business, government and the nonprofit sectors of society.3、John Kurt, a Lawyer in McAllen, Texas, 19994、Huang, Wenrong 黄文荣, “Ralph and Jack in Lord of the Flies in light of the Liminality Theory” (阈界理论视角下蝇王中的两个孩子王)5、Chu Tingting JackChinese version如何做一个好领导威廉戈尔丁的代表作蝇王是篇短小却寓意深刻的小说。看完这本小说，我学会了很多有关人性崇高与邪恶的本质，我也从两位主角，拉尔夫和杰克身上学到了许多有关领导方面的技能。我渐渐明白作为一名合格的领导者应该具备怎样的素质。在本文中我将集中探讨如何做一个好领导。如何作为一个好的领导者？有许多学者给出标准答案。据彼得F德鲁克的说法，一个好的领导者应把握组织的使命和动员周围的人共同努力来完成这一使命。一个好的领导者也应该诚实，关心他人的感受，不计较个人或小团体的利益，而从大局出发。否则人们不会服从他/她的领导，约翰科特如是说。就我的立场而言，一个好的领导者应把握正确的方向来解决问题;他/她还应具备良好的组织能力，保持组内团结。此外，自我反省意识是一个好的领导者应配备的素质。这些是我从拉尔夫和杰克身上学到的实用领导才能。一个好的领导者要把握正确的方向来解决问题，这意味着他/她应该抓住问题的关键点，并作出正确的决定。拉尔夫坚持保持火焰燃烧。他认为，火焰能使大家得救。虽然杰克狩猎野猪的坚持可以提供给荒岛每一个人肉吃，而肉可以支持他们足够的营养；但他从来没有这样想过，如果他被救出送回家，他将得到他的家人良好的照顾;他可以不用辛辛苦苦得打猎就能吃到肉。我们可以清楚地看到，拉尔夫作出了正确的决定，在他们都被困在孤岛上时，他让大家燃起火焰，等待救援。所以我认为拉尔夫在抓住问题关键上做得很好。一个好的领导者在出现问题时应该迅速抓住问题的关键点，并及时发出正确的命令。能够保持一个团队组织纪律良好、组内团结是一个好的领导者必须要做到的。保持一个团队组织纪律好不仅意味着合理分配任务，还意味着要保持内部的团结。在小说开头，拉尔夫作为小岛上所有滞留孩子们的领导，并给他们分配任务，这将有益于他们所有人。他指定Samneric保持火苗燃烧，杰克和他的合唱团作为猎人，猪崽子照看小孩子。但拉尔夫缺乏处理朋友之间关系的技能，所以到小说末尾，只有猪崽子和西蒙仍忠于拉尔夫。相反，杰克赢得了所有其他孩子的支持。杰克组织所有的猎人进行狩猎，并与岛上的所有人分享肉，包括拉尔夫在内。他与所有的孩子兴高采烈地当吃肉，并与他们跳舞、玩耍。此外，杰克展现了他在对“野兽”勇敢。他曾经说：“如果有一个野兽，我们将追捕下来！”年幼的小孩子们都觉得，杰克能把他们保护的很好。因此，所有其他孩子都愿意支持他们的新领导人，杰克，并服从他的命令。我们可以得出结论，拉尔夫确实合理得分配了所有任务，但他未能正确处理好人际关系。杰克保持了所有的孩子之间团结。他带领着他的唱诗班，成为一个真正的新领导人。显而易见，保持一个团队组织纪律良好、组内团结是一个优秀的领导者必不可少的素质。一个好的领导者应该具备自我反省的意识，这意味着能发现他/她的错误，并及时纠正