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14 pages in length. To evaluate Achilles' competence as an effective leader is to take a long, hard look at the manner by which leadership was constructed during this very violent era. The extent to which brutality and aggression served a purpose where behavior coercion was concerned is both grand and far-reaching; that the very nature of leadership must also incorporate the elements of personal integrity, responsibility and foresight beyond the present speaks to the very aspects Achilles did not always possess in his quest toward providing effective direction to those who followed his lead. his lead. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The extent to which brutality and aggression served a purpose where behavior coercion was concerned is both grand and far-reaching; that the very nature of leadership must also incorporate the
elements of personal integrity, responsibility and foresight beyond the present speaks to the very aspects Achilles did not always possess in his quest toward providing effective direction to those who
followed his lead. II. ARGUMENT Inasmuch as the story line follows a petty quarrel Achilles allows to get out of hand, nearly
destroying all opportunity for the Greeks to defeat the Trojans, it also provides the culmination of such leadership principles as the meaning of ones existence, the extent to which one
should go to protect his acquisition of achievement and the necessary means by which ones presence should infiltrate that of anothers. This childish action puts to question whether Achilles
was truly a leader who properly exercised his power, being how he not only risked his own life by losing control but also the lives of each and every person
who fought in battle. A true leader does not take chances with other peoples lives; rather, his goal is to save as many as he can. If his
own life is destroyed in the process, then that intrinsically establishes him as both a stellar leader and undeniable hero (Crudden Back Matter).
Another enlightened moment of Achilles existence that speaks directly to his leadership abilities and inabilities is the point at which he reaches the apex of his moral dilemma, coupled with
his desire to appropriately deal with his own mortality. The fatal wrath that consumes Achilles is responsible for pushing him to the edge of sanity, for his very existence
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