Communication In Leadership – The Democratic Leadership Of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela – lifelong African National Congress (ANC) political activist, social revolutionary, and the first democratically elected President of South Africa (1994-99) – is widely acclaimed as a powerfully effective communicator, having succeeded in negotiating radical long-term reconciliatory changes in South Africa during a period of violent political oppression. As with successful leaders across the globe and throughout history, underpinning Mandela’s achievement was undoubtedly his highly adaptable style of leadership and communication. Mandela, like all successful leaders, will employ different leadership styles for different situations in order to more effectively