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Have you always dreamt of having your own Cinderella story? Well, now’s your moment, and your Shmoopy Godmother’s here to help. So put on some pants, wash the Cheeto dust off of literally every part of your body, and let’s get crackin’.
Transcript
- 00:01
We speak student!
- 00:04
Leadership
- 00:05
a la Shmoop
- 00:06
Leaders.
- 00:07
They're the people who know how to get things done. [coach motivating a kids team]
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- 00:09
They inspire us to work harder and achieve more.
- 00:12
And they know how to keep almost any situation
- 00:15
under control.
- 00:16
We're surrounded by leaders. [Image of Mount Rushmore]
- 00:19
But Oscar? Well, he's not one of them.
- 00:22
Oscar has spent the past three days
- 00:24
playing video games and eating cheese puffs in his underwear.
- 00:26
Sounds kind of fun, actually.
- 00:28
He's running low on money to fund his cheese puff habit, [boy playing video game while lying on the sofa]
- 00:30
so he figures, well, what the heck?
- 00:32
Might as well go on a job interview.
- 00:34
But, believe it or not, the interviewer isn't impressed
- 00:37
that his only leadership experience
- 00:38
is leading his troops to victory in Call of Duty: Black Ops. [someone going through a resume]
- 00:41
All from the comfort of his underwear.
- 00:45
So how can Oscar go from shlub
- 00:47
to leader?
- 00:48
Well, putting on pants might help.
- 00:50
But, uh, most leaders wear pants. [image of a direction sign board]
- 00:51
Unless you're Ghandi, but that guy was a rebel.
- 00:54
All right. Leaders tend to possess certain traits, right?
- 00:56
They're honest. They're confident.
- 00:58
They're committed to their cause.
- 01:00
They retain a positive attitude throughout hardships. [image of political leaders from across the world]
- 01:03
And they have the ability to inspire.
- 01:05
Though, this one should be used wisely.
- 01:08
Spidey's uncle wasn't lying about the great power great responsibility thing.
- 01:12
Strengthening those traits
- 01:13
will help you become a better leader. [Martin Sheen talking to spider man]
- 01:15
If only Shmoop had some sort of program
- 01:17
that could help with that. Hmm.
- 01:19
Wonder where that could be.
- 01:20
Anyway, it's helpful to keep in mind that there are different
- 01:23
types of leadership. [explanation of Types of Leaders written on a board]
- 01:24
Oscar knows about democratic leadership.
- 01:27
Well, all right, maybe a refresher would help.
- 01:29
Democratic leaders share decision-making with the group.
- 01:33
Within a democratic leadership,
- 01:35
discussion and debate are important, [image of former Presidents of US laughing together]
- 01:37
as is the sharing of ideas.
- 01:39
So if Oscar asked his Call of Duty troops
- 01:42
what the best plan of attack was
- 01:44
and took their advice into consideration,
- 01:46
he'd be a democratic leader.
- 01:48
An authoritarian leader keeps strict control [boy in a soldiers uniform, holding a gun]
- 01:52
over their followers.
- 01:53
[ dun-dun-dun ] Yeah, like this guy.
- 01:55
If Oscar supervised everything his troops did,
- 01:58
never let them aid in the decision-making process,
- 02:00
and valued efficiency over everything else,
- 02:02
well, he'd fit in well with this club [soldiers with their gun waiting to fire]
- 02:04
Though how they elect a club president
- 02:06
we'll never know.
- 02:07
If Oscar decides to be a paternalistic leader,
- 02:11
he'd be a father figure to his troops,
- 02:13
taking care of them as a parent would.
- 02:15
This isn't so much about efficiency
- 02:17
as it is concern for the well-being of his followers. [a teacher asking if anyone wants more recess]
- 02:20
And laissez-faire leaders are in favor of delegation.
- 02:23
They like a hands-off approach.
- 02:25
So if Oscar's leading his troops like this...
- 02:28
He's probably a fan of laissez-faire.
- 02:30
Now that Oscar knows all he can about leadership,
- 02:33
he's ready to conquer the world.
- 02:34
When his next interview comes around, [someone going through a resume]
- 02:36
he's ready. He preps by...
- 02:38
by... really?
- 02:40
Ugh. Well, you can lead a horse to water...
- 02:42
Bottom line - change doesn't happen without someone
- 02:45
leading the cause.
- 02:46
If there's something out there that you [image of a man and a horse on TV]
- 02:48
don't think is fair, you don't need to be like Oscar
- 02:50
and wait for someone else to take charge.
- 02:52
Sometimes you just gotta pull up your pants
- 02:54
and take care of it yourself.
- 02:56
Unless you're like Ghandi.
- 02:57
Then go change the world however you see fit, [boy watching a video of Gandhi and followers on TV]
- 03:00
you pantsless wonder.
- 03:03
[ groan ]
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