Per the syllabus, your assignment for this week is Bad Leadership and the Movies! The specifics of the assignment are as follows:
By NOON on Wed, April 17, post a 250 word blog entry on this site summarizing why you selected your clip and how it represents bad leadership. Be as specific as possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsayg_S4pJg
ReplyDeleteThe clip I have chosen is from the 1999 comedy-drama movie Office Space, which looks at the difficulties of working life in Corporate America. The employees of Initech “suffer endless indignities and humiliations in their soulless workspace from their soulless boss, Bill Lumbergh.” I chose the clip as it exemplifies this mistreatment. Lumbergh is shown to be a bad leader in this clip as he does not listen to his employee, Milton, constantly talks over and belittles him, and randomly moves his desk space to increasingly poor conditions, on a whim, numerous times. The leadership lies to Milton by originally telling him he could stay in his upstairs cubicle after moving him from another workspace where he had enjoyed watching nature outside of his window. The leadership ignores the wishes of Milton and the large impact that a work environment can have on an employee. Towards the end of the clip once he has been moved down to the basement, Lumbergh commands Milton to kill cockroaches – a demeaning task that falls outside of Milton’s actual job. Upon exiting the room, Lumbergh turns the lights off, leaving Milton physically and figuratively in the dark. This shows an abuse of power and disregard for open communication and respect in the workplace between the leader and the followers.
Helen Webley-Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2u0sN9stbA
ReplyDeleteIn this specific scene of the popular television series Friends, a main character, Ross, is trying to direct two other characters, Chandler and Rachel, to bring a couch up a set of stairs to his apartment. Unfortunately, the couch is obviously too big to be maneuvered up the tight New York City stairwell. In an attempt to direct his friends, Ross begins to yell directions at them. He screams his commands and does not look back to see that his friends are being pushed up against the banister and are in pain. Ross is too focused on his personal goal to notice that his followers are getting crushed in its pursuit. In this moment he exhibits the detrimental trait of selfishness, which is usually found in bad leaders. His inability to empathize leaves his followers angry and reluctant to follow. Similarly, Ross is unable to listen to feedback. At one point, Chandler tells Ross to “shut up,” meaning that Ross’ method is not working for his followers. Yet, he believes that his is the best method and refuses to try anything else. Because of his bad leadership, the couch gets stuck and eventually is cut in half. As a result of this poor leadership style, not only is the goal not accomplished, but the group as a whole is hindered; Rachel and Chandler are also reluctant to help Ross in the future. Ross exhibits bad leadership because he acts selfishly and is unable to take feedback, thus hindering the group as a whole. I chose this clip because it is praised as the funniest clip in Friends history, yet many viewers laugh at Ross’ poor leadership techniques rather than see their problems. Moreover, I think this is a modern day example of poor leadership that could be seen in the daily lives of many. Bad leadership is not just found by those in professional leadership positions, but also in our lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM6Q61vqTsE (from 0:25-1:00)
ReplyDeleteThe clip I have chosen is from the film Love Actually, a feel good Christmas movie. In this scene the British Prime Minister steps out of the room to get some files to discuss with the United States President, and as he leaves his secretary/assistant goes into the room carrying refreshments. When the Prime Minister comes back into the room, the US President is kissing/whispering to the assistant. This displays extreme unprofessionalism on behalf of the US President. It shows the where the Presidents values lay, and what is important to him. It also shows the objectification of women in the workplace, she is just trying to do her job, however, the male president is not able to see her as a professional, and instead just sees her as an attractive female that he feels entitled to. I selected this clip because Love Actually is one of my favorite movies, and I think it is important to look deeper into movies and media we really like. I usually just think about this movie as a feel good holiday movie that I love to watch. However, it is also important to think about how the character of the US President represents the US and our values in a very negative light, as well as how the way he acts makes it seem okay for other men to act that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tePa0CI478k
ReplyDeleteIn this clip from “The Emperor’s New Groove,” Kuzco’s dance routine is interrupted by an elderly man walking down a hallway. While dancing, Kuzco bumps into the old man, and rather than apologizing to him or continuing to dance, Kuzco states “you threw off my groove,” and in response to this, one of his guards takes the old man and throws him out of the tower window. To me, this demonstrates bad leadership on Kuzco’s part. Being such a self-centered leader is unhealthy, and because of this, he does not treat his citizens the right way. Running such a strict environment, where accidentally ‘throwing off’ the leader’s groove will result in death is a terrible way to lead people. One cannot merely get rid of people who disobey them or bother them - this society would have parallels to many dictatorships of the past. This leads people to be fearful of their leader and it portrays the leader as untrustworthy and cruel. Soon after this scene in the movie, Kuzco decides that he wants to demolish a village in order to build himself a lavish resort. This type of behavior is disrespectful to the people living in the village and creates a very negative image of himself to all his followers. He plans to call this resort “Kuzcotopia,” named after himself, in order to make himself happy. A leader who is self-obsessed and cannot put the values and desires of his followers first is not a person who is fit to lead.
Allie Kaplan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOwXHbxn2zg
ReplyDeleteThe clip I have chosen is from the popular TV show, The Office. Within this clip, the manager of the Scranton branch, Michael Scott, is leading a sales meeting which goes poorly. Michael Scott and his colleague Dwight Schrute travel to a possible consumers building in hope to sign a paper deal. To increase relations, they brought a gift basket for the manager of the firm. The gift was well received, but the client had decided to purchase paper from a different company, and did not buy from Dunder Mifflin. This angered Michael Scott and he asked for it back. When the other firm’s manager gave it back, clearly offended, Michael asked him where a chocolate was, and the firm responded politely by saying he ate it. This drove Michael Scott into a fit of rage and Dwight Schrute had to drag him out of the building. This was a very immature act by Michael, he gave the gift bag to his prospective client, and had no right to ask for it back in the first place. Additionally, he assumed that by giving the client the gift basket, that they owed him business. This is unfair and disrespectful, as he came to discuss business rather than expecting them to automatically buy from Dunder Mifflin. Michael Scott lacked respect towards the consumer, and this clearly exhibited bad leadership. He was also in the presence of his colleague Dwight, who looks up to Michael significantly, and by acting out like this, Michael did not set a good example for his workers.
Sam Humphreys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJsA2NWORjc
ReplyDeleteI chose a clip of Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec because Ron plays many different roles as a leader in Parks and Rec. He is aloof and comes off as cold, however, by the end of the show his true colors come out and he is nice and more affectionate. In this clip he is helping April, which may seem as good leadership, however, he is helping her do nothing. April is an employee who holds a position below Ron’s. It is good that he is helping someone below him and that April feels comfortable going to Ron for help. April, however, is asking Ron to help her get out of doing something for another co-worker. So, though he is helping her, he is undermining another co-worker. Chris Traeger is trying to train April now that she holds a new position, but April does not want to have to go through the training. It may seem as though Ron is being a good leader because he is helping April, however, his main quote in this clip is that he prefers to do nothing. He is setting a bad example as a leader if he prides himself on not doing anything and that he is okay with undermining another co-worker. Therefore, though he is helping April, he is teaching her that it is okay to be unproductive which is bad leadership.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJsA2NWORjc
ReplyDeleteI chose a clip of Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec because Ron plays many different roles as a leader in Parks and Rec. He is aloof and comes off as cold, however, by the end of the show his true colors come out and he is nice and more affectionate. In this clip he is helping April, which may seem as good leadership, however, he is helping her do nothing. April is an employee who holds a position below Ron’s. It is good that he is helping someone below him and that April feels comfortable going to Ron for help. April, however, is asking Ron to help her get out of doing something for another co-worker. So, though he is helping her, he is undermining another co-worker. Chris Traeger is trying to train April now that she holds a new position, but April does not want to have to go through the training. It may seem as though Ron is being a good leader because he is helping April, however, his main quote in this clip is that he prefers to do nothing. He is setting a bad example as a leader if he prides himself on not doing anything and that he is okay with undermining another co-worker. Therefore, though he is helping April, he is teaching her that it is okay to be unproductive which is bad leadership.
Rose Karlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHj45r8vl9Q
ReplyDeleteI have chosen a scene from s7e5 of Game of Thrones in which Daenerys Targaryen, an invading would-be queen, demonstrates poor leadership by acting impulsively and ignoring the counsel of her advisor. In the scene, Daenerys has just won a battle with her dragons that has resulted in the loss of many lives. She stands before the remaining enemy prisoners and makes a long speech about how she wants to change things in Westeros and how she is not murderous and cruel like the current queen, but then she uses her dragons as intimidation to get previously-unwilling soldiers to submit to her rule. Two notable warriors from a powerful and honorable house of her enemy refuse to kneel to her, however, and she has her dragon kill the both of them without considering imprisoning them or trying to convince them anymore. Her advisor begs her not to kill them both—perhaps just the father, to prove a point, but to leave his son and keep the family line intact—but she coldly ignores him. This demonstrates bad leadership because she acts impulsively and does not listen to her advisor. Daenerys is harsh and does not consider the long-term repercussions of killing both members of this old and powerful family; she instead operates on her immediate will, not considering what she might be able to gain from keeping the father and son alive. In this scene, she fosters a culture of followership based on fear rather than respect and positive belief, which is exactly the kind of system she previously said she wanted to destroy, making her appear as a power-hungry hypocrite and damaging her reputation as a liberator, rather than a conqueror.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PjZAeiU7uM
ReplyDeleteI have chosen a scene from the movie The Devil Wears Prada. In this scene, all of the employees working under Miranda Priestly, the boss, are frantically scattering throughout the office as they anticipate her arrival. As she enters the building, everyone moves out of her way, some even getting off the elevator as she gets on just to appease her. This exemplifies the obvious terror that all of Miranda's employees have in regards to her presence. I believe that this describes bad leadership because when followers are afraid of their leader, it prevents them from speaking up about unethical actions for fear of being alienated, from sharing innovative ideas for fear of being shut down, or from warning the leader of possible mistakes in fear of being screamed at. Being afraid of the leader can also lead to groupthink, which we have learned in class is often detrimental to a group because it inhibits growth. Throughout the movie, everyone is terrified of Miranda, and even though the director is trying to portray her as a strong powerful leader, she comes off as more of a bad one, considering the only ideas she takes into account are her own. At the beginning of the class we talked about what qualities make up a good leader, and I decided an important one for me is being approachable, which is something Miranda Priestly is definitely not. Because of these reasons, I think that she is is a great example of a bad leader in film.
Meghan Sheldon
Daphne Liu:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmC2y7EsXqk
The scene I chose is from the movie Bad Teacher with Cameron Diaz, which was made in 2011. In this scene, Cameron Diaz's character who is the teacher of the classroom is seen grading all the students' exams. During the scene, she is writing words like "stupid" or even curse words on the student's exams instead of telling them what the right answer is. The scene depicts her as an angry instructor and constantly frustrated. She crosses out words on her student's homework assignments and l yells at her students, telling them that they need to work harder. She throws all their papers on the ground and continues to yell at them that she needs results. I chose this scene because I believe that good leaders must facilitate peaceful discussion and effective conversations in order to get their followers and peers to corroborate with their goals and missions. Simply getting angry at them without understanding why they are struggling are big indicators of bad leadership. Although the point of this movie is to show that Cameron Diaz's character is a bad teacher, if the directors had the opportunity to change this scene, I would have Cameron Diaz ask her students as to how she can help them succeed. A lot of her desires for them to get good grades are also from the monetary benefits of getting a bonus. A good leader should have good intentions as to why they want their followers to do a certain thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpxPstb2DAU
ReplyDeleteIn this clip from “Kicking and Screaming,” Will Ferrell’s character Phil Weston continuously displays behaviors akin to a bad leader. In the beginning of the scene, we see Weston blatantly ignoring the advice of his more experienced assistant, Mike Ditka, demeaning him and ultimately firing him. This shows a lack of ability to admit to wrongdoings and a narcissistic quality that is typical in bad leaders. Similar to Enron, Weston promotes and focuses solely on his “superstars” and ignores the average workers who do the menial work that allows the company, or in this case the team, to continue to function. On top of this, he promotes the poor workmanship displayed by his employees, including harming the competition. This negligence of supervision allows people to run wild which will ultimately result in a lack of respect for authority and an ability for employees to get away with breaking the rules to get the results they want. Instead of focusing on the positives and providing constructive criticism to create a more welcoming and productive work environment, Weston treats everyone with disrespect and judges primarily on the negatives. This creates a work environment where employees will do anything to gain recognition from the boss, including breaking laws, or breaking the rules of the game. To round this off, Weston willfully ignores the rules set in place by society and tries to cover up his wrongdoings by telling the law enforcers, the referees, that he is doing nothing wrong, which will cause the demise of his team.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q7siBsnGgQHS5juVsX2Gk-at3NWmRx4h/view?usp=sharing
ReplyDeleteThe clip I have chosen is from a scene in the Season 4 Black Mirror Episode "USS Callister". This episode involves the main character, Robert Daley, who deals with his personal struggles in the real world by creating duplicates of people in his life to use as characters in a video game he has created. In the game, he rules all these characters who he believes to do him wrong in the real world. This specific scene involves Daley yelling at his subjects who attempted to escape the game due to Daley's dictatorial like leadership tactics. His power hungry attitude is displayed in the way that he stands in front of the room, intimidating his subjects and scaring them into submission. Just by the raising of his hand, Daley has the ability to inflict perpetual pain and agony on his subjects, furthering the intimidation that he so desperately strives to create in his virtual world. In this clip, when Daley threatens to hurt Cole, we see a display of courageous followership as Lowry steps in front of her and tries to talk down Daley from his high horse. Although it seems as though Lowry is successful, Daley quickly goes back on his forgiveness and painfully turns her into a creature. Daley does this in front of all his other subjects to show how is not afraid to inflict pain, again perpetuating the obedience of his subjects. This clip demonstrates bad leadership because all of Daley's followers are really working against him to be free from his control. Daley is selfish and only has his own best interests at heart which stems from the bitterness he feels towards his subjects in the real world. At the end of the episode, the subjects are ultimately successful in escaping the game and Daley ends up losing his life due to his obsession with power and control.
https://vimeo.com/96323971
ReplyDeleteThis clip is from The Office. In this episode, boss Michael Scott and receptionist Pam Beasley leave their company, Dunder Mifflin, to start their own paper company. Pam comes over to Michael’s house for their first day at work. Upon arrival, she finds Michael, her boss, in a bathrobe, unprepared for their meeting. He has not eaten breakfast yet nor has he prepared an agenda for their meeting together. This highlights bad leadership because a leader should be prepared to lead his or her followers, which includes arriving early, dressing appropriately, and having a plan or some sort of direction. Additionally, Michael appears to be filled with self-doubt and uncertainty, as he has no idea how to create and lead their own paper company. In this clip, he freaks out to Pam, his employee. Pam, a follower, then has to comfort her leader, assuring him that he can do it, and she has to establish a direction for the two of them to operate, such as suggesting that they start by making a list of everything they need to do. Furthermore, Michael’s freak out then causes Pam to worry about her decision to leave her job and join Michael in his efforts to start his own paper company. This also highlights bad leadership because Michael as the leader is not certain in his own abilities nor is he confident in the abilities of his follower. Instead of building up his follower and inspiring her to work hard and take action, he causes her to worry about her decision to leave the company.
-Rebecca Daniel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjKlgviD2zg&feature=youtu.be
ReplyDeleteThe clip I have chosen is from Monsters Inc., a movie that follows the life of Sulley and Mike once they’ve encountered a human child, Boo. Monsters Incorporated is the largest scare company in the monster world, but it is currently experiencing an energy crisis, so the CEO, Mr. Waternoose, is trying to collect more screams in order to combat this issue. At this point in the movie, Waternoose wants to kidnap Boo and extract her screams using the Scream Extractor. He is almost successful in doing so, but Sulley and Mike are able to save Boo and escape with her. In this clip, however, Waternoose catches sight of Sulley and Boo again and chases them into a simulation room. While confronting Sulley and trying to get ahold of Boo, Waternoose states that “scaring isn’t enough anymore” and declares that he would “kidnap a thousand children before [he] lets this company die and [that he’ll] silence anyone who gets in [his] way.” This statement proves that Waternoose is a bad CEO, because he was going to keep the kidnappings a secret from the public; as long as the company prospered, he would be pleased, even if it meant taking Sulley down. Although Waternoose was friendly and welcoming at the beginning of the movie, his character changed drastically due to his desperation to save the company, which is an example of bad leadership. He was determined to stop the energy crisis by any means necessary, which stripped his morals and ignited his desire to kidnap children in order to increase the energy supply. He never took into account other, more ethical, methods of increasing energy because he was so close-minded and set upon one idea. Waternoose was also not a good leader because he didn’t ask his employees for alternatives; instead, he did as he pleased.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPVckHex754
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKt4jWOpfpA
In the 2017 film Coco, Miguel grows up in a household that has banned music. The scene posted above shows his abuela repeatedly forbidding any presence of music near her home. From passing car radios to simple humming, she is adamant about her musical prohibition. The rest of the family has accepted this mindset as well. Having never discovered the reason for the music ban, Miguel is resistant against this rule. This conflict is the underlying cause for Miguel’s disappearance into the Land of the Dead. There are two main reasons as to why Miguel’s abuela is a bad leader in this particular scene. First of all, she forces groupthink upon her family, effectively discouraging any opposition against her ruling. Upon discovering Miguel’s hidden music stash and self-made guitar, she destroys all evidence of music while disregarding Miguel’s feelings. This leads us to her second mistake—concealment of the truth. One of the main reasons as to why Miguel is so passionately rebelling against his abuela is because he doesn’t know why music is banned. By not being transparent about her family’s history, Abuela loses the support of her grandson, whereas an open-minded discussion would have better resolved the issue. Abuela’s actions have lost her both the trust and dedication of some of her followers. By not giving value and respect to her followers’ voices and by not conveying important information to all of her followers, Abuela has effectively shown that she doesn’t care enough about her followers’ opinions. This creates a culture of homogenization and an imbalance of power within her family that discourages self-expression.
-Madeline Huang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPVckHex754
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKt4jWOpfpA
In the 2017 film Coco, Miguel grows up in a household that has banned music. The scene posted above shows his abuela repeatedly forbidding any presence of music near her home. From passing car radios to simple humming, she is adamant about her musical prohibition. The rest of the family has accepted this mindset as well. Having never discovered the reason for the music ban, Miguel is resistant against this rule. I selected this clip because we have talked a lot about leadership in the context of corporation, so I wanted to see how bad leadership can be demonstrated in the context of family. Also, this conflict is the underlying cause for Miguel’s disappearance into the Land of the Dead. There are two main reasons as to why Miguel’s abuela is a bad leader in this particular scene. First of all, she forces groupthink upon her family, effectively discouraging any opposition against her ruling. Upon discovering Miguel’s hidden music stash and self-made guitar, she destroys all evidence of music while disregarding Miguel’s feelings. This leads us to her second mistake—concealment of the truth. One of the main reasons as to why Miguel is so passionately rebelling against his abuela is because he doesn’t know why music is banned. By not being transparent about her family’s history, Abuela loses the support of her grandson, whereas an open-minded discussion would have better resolved the issue. Abuela’s actions have lost her both the trust and dedication of some of her followers. By not giving value and respect to her followers’ voices and by not conveying important information to all of her followers, Abuela has effectively shown that she doesn’t care enough about her followers’ opinions. This creates a culture of homogenization and an imbalance of power within her family that discourages self-expression.
-Madeline Huang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmTUOuXPlnA
ReplyDeleteThis clip is encapsulates bad leadership in the comedy sitcom, Friends. One of the main characters, Ross is a professor at NYU and as an act of countering his nerves for teaching his first lesson, he puts on a fake British accent. His students are intrigued by having an international teacher and are motivated by his unique characteristics. Moreso, his colleagues and bosses believe that he is from London. Soon after Ross' friends expose him for putting on this facade, he is determined to make amends. Therefore, he arrives at his class the following day and begins to fade out his accent. Students quickly question this obscure behavior and encourage him to speak his truth. Ross confesses his real identity, thus generating a widespread distrust amongst his students and coworkers. This incident is a prime example of the effects of bad leadership: distrust and abuse of power.
-Ashley Hendler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTwxbqp6K48
ReplyDeleteIn this clip from Shaolin Soccer, it shows the leader of the evil soccer team going to extreme lengths to ensure that his team has an unfair advantage. Just because he has the funds and influence to do it and cover it up, he is able to artificially create a team that is really not as good as the other teams. He got in this position in the first place by staging a riot that permanently injured the star player of an older team, allowing his team to take the "throne." By cheating, he is ensuring his team's dominance. The popularity that his team gains from winning and the money associated with it further gives him power to cover the whole thing up. Just shows bad leadership practice: cheating, covering up, and some money fraud. In the end, the underdog soccer team pulls through and wins and exposes all of the bad team's doings, effectively ending their careers. This shows how the effects of bad leadership, when discovered, can lead to catastrophic consequences.
-Jeff Che
Blake Bernstein
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5tM3FOjTZc
I chose a movie clip from the movie Gladiator with lead actor Russell Crowe. This scene encompasses the plot of the whole movie and really ties everything together. Moreover, it provides a good example of bad leadership through the character Commodus, the emperor of Rome. In the beginning of this clip he claims he will be known as Commodus the merciful for sparing his son in law and wife. This is just so unauthentic and wrong because he is making his sister bare him an heir and is still threatening to kill a child. Moreover, claiming titles for yourself is obviously the epitome of bad leadership. As the scene moves on, you can see how truly disgraceful of a leader Commodus has become. He talks to Russell Crowe's character, the general turned gladiator, who stands up for himself and defies the emperor who ruined his life. This scene reveals that Commodus killed his father to gain the status of emperor, which is another example of bad leadership through him being deceitful. Additionally, as a leader to show his “mercifulness” and strength, Commodus challenges Russell Crowe’s character to a duel in the colosseum. Even though it is completely manipulated and in another feat of bad leadership he stabs his opponent cheaply before the fight begins. Everything about this leader is a false identity that the people do not enjoy following. Therefore, this scene and more so Commodus as a person exemplifies bad leadership.
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/200615/Seven-Brides-For-Seven-Brothers-Movie-Clip-Sobbin-Women.html
ReplyDeleteThis is a clip from one of my favorite incredibly problematic films, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which was made in 1954. The main characters are seven brothers living in Oregon in the eighteen fifties, when it is first being settled. In the begining of the movie, the oldest brother rides into town in search of a wife, finding one and bringing her back to help cook and clean for his six messy brothers. The brothers suddenly realize that they, too want wives. In this clip, the brothers decide that they want wives but don’t want to go through the process of courting women, and decide instead to find wives by going into town and kidnapping women. It is a perfect example of bad followership and groupthink. Reassured by the words of the oldest brother, in this case their leader, and a story about romans kidnapping women in ancient times, they all excitedly adopt the belief that it is totally acceptable to kidnap women and force them to marry you in an upbeat musical piece. It is clearly wrong, but because no one really disagrees and someone else who they look up to advises it (their leader) and has done it (the Romans), they adopt a toxic groupthink mentality.
-Julia Fish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfnZjGdId_Y
ReplyDeleteThe scene I chose is from a reality show called "Dance Moms." It is about a dance team, notorious for their Dance Teacher and Dance Moms fighting. This scene shows an argument where the mothers suggest ways for their children to grow as dancers by having a wider variety of classes, and Abby, the dance teacher, disregarding their suggestions by saying that they are "overstepping their boundaries." In this way, Abby is acting as a bad leader: she is not open to suggestions from her followers and believes her way is the only 'right way' to do things. Even more, as a way to get out of needing to hear out these concerns, she escalates the disagreement and starts crying and yelling, in front of the dance students. In this way, Abby is also not acting as a good example for them. In positions of power, a good leader must lead a good example for others to follow. Not only does Abby act like a bad leader, but the mothers do too. Instead of working to find an amicable solution, they too take part in escalating the situation by yelling and swearing, in front of their own children.
https://youtu.be/YRruOzr9_w0
ReplyDeleteIn this scene from the movie “The Boss,” main character Michelle Darnell gives a brief insight into her poor leadership style through an interaction with her assistant Claire and body guard Tito. Tito epitomizes the role of a poor follower and eludes to the reason behind her downfall as the 47th richest person in America. As Claire works to apply a whitening solution to Michelle’s teeth, Tito evolves into the yes man. Michelle debases Claire’s statements throughout the scene and rather than stand up for Claire’s valid statements, Tito instead supports the volatile Michelle in fear of being fired. Furthermore, in the “who’s on my baseball” bit, Michelle opens herself up to a very easy correction and when Claire attempts at being a good follower and corrects Michelle, Tito once again aligns with his boss. This small interaction while no direct impact on her company is highly indicative of Michelle’s leadership style. Her strong will allows little room for any suggestions or alterations to her behavior and her followers are afraid to voice their concerns or opposition about even the smallest of things. Leadership relies on the followers and when the followers are afraid to voice their true opinion and are otherwise steam rolled, corruption can occur. This eventually rings true to Michelle as she is shortly after arrested for insider trading. The arrest and corruption could’ve been prevented but the overwhelming and overbearing attitude of Michelle prevents a conducive environment for ethical business practices.
-Kate Newberry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4gt7f_rek
ReplyDeleteThis clip is from the movie 27 Dresses. The main character Jane is hopelessly in love with her boss George when he meets her sister Tess, who then lies about everything about herself to fit his idea of a perfect woman. The two of them quickly fall in love based on what they think they know of each other, and plan to get married at Jan’e dream venue wearing Jane’s mother’s dress. In this scene, Jane exposes her sister's lies to everyone through a slideshow of what she is actually like when she is not with the boss. This is an example of bad leadership because instead of pulling her boss aside to tell him the truth, she decides to make it a big showing that airs out the sister’s dirty laundry. In the process, she humiliates the couple with sarcastic comments and ruins everyone's trust and impression of her sister. This also reflects badly on Jane, as even her best friend at the end reacts with a squint and a look that says that Jane went too far. Although what the sister did was inexcusable and Jane's main intention of revealing the truth was admirable, she did so with next to no consideration as to how her actions would affect those around her and acted out of selfishness and anger. There were many periods of time where she could have gently tried to steer the boss towards the reality, but instead she chose to wait until one of the worst times to announce the truth just to maximize her sister’s mortification. Her lack of empathy and ability to recognize the side effects of her actions show are key characteristics of a bad leader.
-May Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpxPstb2DAU
ReplyDeleteMy scene is from one of my favorite childhood movies called 'Kicking and Screaming.' In the movie Will Ferrell plays a dad who decides to coach his son’s soccer team, but he quickly becomes obsessed with winning. This scene shows how the character's obsession with winning causes him to be a terrible leader. He starts the scene by disrespecting his assistant coach to the point of him quitting and yelling a parent of the team. One of his worst moments comes shorty later when he leads the team in a chant of "break someone’s clavicle". The character continues to scream at the players and the referees, throw objects onto the field and push players from the other team over. On the team he has two very good Italian players which are the only two he allows to take shots at the goal and to play the game to its fullest. Even when his own son ask to play in the game he tells him to go sit on the bench which at the start of the movie was one reason he decided to coach, so not only the good players would be the ones who get to play. But by this point in the movie his character is so obsessed with winning that he doesn’t care if some people don’t play anymore and has forgotten the reason, he started coaching in the first place. Will Ferrell’s character is a bad leader in many aspects of this scene mainly because he is only concerned with winning and his own success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9LXWdQVb6s
ReplyDeleteI chose a clip from the movie Tangled. In this scene, Rapunzel realizes that the mother she grew up with is not actually her mother. Rapunzel was originally born to a King and Queen and has magical hair that would bring things back to life and prevent aging. A woman found out about this hair, stole the baby in the middle of the night, and raised her as her own. At this point in the movie, Rapunzel is back in her tower after escaping from the mother’s clutches. However, she has no idea that it was the mother who sent people after Rapunzel to bring her back to the tower. Instead of communicating with Rapunzel rationally, if any rational communication can be applied in this case, the mother resorts to extreme measures and assumes that the best actions are the strictest. Here, Rapunzel puts the pieces together that she is a lost princess and tries to revolt against her mother. This is an example of bad leadership because the mom is prioritizing her own needs and wishes before considering the needs and wishes of others. She convinces Rapunzel to blindly follow her, tricking her into an elaborate lie. The mother even goes as far to lock Rapunzel in a tower for her whole life, just to keep her away from the public eye and keep her as a secret. This is another example of the mother’s bad leadership because she is putting her follower’s mental health at risk and denying the resources Rapunzel needs to be happy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcMVCkkn9j4
ReplyDeleteThis is a clip from the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth in which a new student is meeting for the first time with her new principal, Principal Branagan. Principal Branagan is incredibly self-righteous and starts the scene by staring at himself in the reflection of his own portrait in his own office. The first thing he does to Stella, played by eternal icon and gift to this Earth Hayley Kiyoko, is not welcome her to the community or make her feel welcome, it's tell her that she can't wear the shirt she is wearing which says "Question Authority". Stella brings up the constitution and Principal Branagan says that his school is closer to a Dictatorship in that all of his students respect the rules. Worse of all, the mother concedes and tells Stella to just cover up her shirt for the day. This exemplifies the mom's bad leadership as well because she didn't advocate for her daughter. Principal Branagan's leadership style revolves around fear as opposed to actually gaining the student's respect.
I don't know how to use technology but the lemonade mouth one was Emma Thorp
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ReplyDeleteThis is a clip from the film The Big Short, a film that educates people about the people who predicted that the 2008 financial crisis would happen. This scene shows a meeting between some of the movie's main characters who are aware of the impending financial crisis and an employee at S&P. one of the rating agencies that was involved in the incorrect valuation of mortgage bonds. This agency and other corrupt rating agencies allowed the financial crisis to happen by creating fraudulent reports on mortgage bonds and telling everyone that these were a safe investment when in fact they were actually all very unsafe investments. By incorrectly rating these bonds, rating agencies were trying to gain the business of companies who were making money off of mortgage bonds being valued higher than they should be. There are multiple rating agencies in competition with one another, and they selfishly all decided to keep business for themselves and lie about the safety of these investments. Neither the followers nor the leaders in the industry spoke up to prevent the crisis that ensued and the problems that followed. This exemplifies bad leadership because the people at the top of this industry (the bosses/leaders) knowingly decided to do something that would hurt other people fro personal gain. This is also bad leadership because the people who were less important in the rating agencies also did nothing to address the issue and change the rating of these subprime mortgage bonds.
–Alivia Kaplan
Zachary Milewicz
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfNReBBUk_w
I chose this clip from the television show “The Office.” It highlights an instance where Michael Scott, branch manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, is being a bad leader. The Human Resources Representative of their branch, Toby Flenderson, returns, although Michael does not get along well with Toby. They often clash, and Michael celebrated when he left. In fact, in this clip, Michael thinks it is a prank that “Toby is back,” as when he goes to investigate by checking out The Annex, Toby is not there and Michael cheers the other employees on for their prank. Toby then appears, and Michael screams in anger. This is an example of bad leadership in numerous ways. Even before Toby appears, Michael is demonstrating bad leadership by revealing his negative attitude towards who he believes to be a former employee. This is a bad example for his followers, as they can lose trust in Michael and question how he talks about them. Then, when Michael sees Toby, he screams, thus really demonstrating his negative attitude and perhaps making the other employees see Toby negatively too. Instead, Michael could have kept his thoughts to Toby to himself rather than exposing them to entire workplace. Also, Michael should address his issues with Toby one-on-one to resolve them.
Aaron Margulis
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLp8pjqwlsc
In this scene from the second ever episode of the famous American rendition of "The Office," Michael Scott, the branch manager, attempts to teach his branch employees a lesson about diversity. There are a few aspects of bad leadership going on in this scene. First of all, the exercise is offensive; it's racist, sexist, etc. and therefore does not promote the sense of inclusion which a good leader should. Also, in this activity where each participant is supposed to receive an index card with a race on it without seeing or knowing what is on that index card, Michael Scott cheats the system and intentionally gives himself the Martin Luther King Jr. card. This is an example of abuse of power as Michael, being the one in charge of running the activity, is the only person with the ability to know what is on his index card before being assigned it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1UmHfWCw-4
ReplyDeleteGladiator is one of my favorite movies. I chose this clip from the movie because I think the film does a good job of showing examples of both good and bad leadership. While Maximus at this point in the movie is fighting to avenge his family, Commodus is has let all the power of being emperor go to his head. Instead of giving the people what they need, food and higher standards of living, he gives them free entertainment. This is a classic depiction of a bad leader; someone who puts the actual needs of their constituents aside and gives them something to distract them from those needs instead. On his path to being the greatest, Commodus ignores the necessity of a leader to be just and in tune with the people they are leading. On the other hand Maximus, whose family has been taken from him and who seems to have no reason to fight for Rome anymore, is influencing people from the lowest status a person can have in that society. He unites his fellow gladiators to fight for more than just themselves but to work together so they can all live to fight another day. He is of less value than a slave but ultimately becomes an icon among the people and a leader to the other gladiators. He is able to use his status as an agitator to save not only himself, but all of Rome from suffering due to Commodus’ rule and sovereignty. The juxtaposition of the lowest challenging the highest and conquering is also a classic hero scenario, but it takes a good leader to achieve this.
The clip I have selected is from the popular tv show "The Office". The clip specifically comes from a fire drill that was unexpectedly coordinated by an employee of Dunder Mifflin paper company, Dwight Schrute. There are several ways that this clip specifically embodies bad leadership, but the first way is that Dwight coordinates an unplanned fire drill solely because he is upset that people did not listen to his fire safety drill. If no one listened to the fire safety drill then they definitely won't know what to do in case of an actual fire, so why coordinate an actual fire if no one will know what to do? By doing this Dwight could've seriously damaged company property or even worse could have injured someone all to prove a point. In addition to this Michael Scott who is the head of the office doesn't know what to do in case of a fire and doesn't react calmly under pressure. Finally, Michael Scott declares that "everyone is for them self" and then at this point all hell breaks loose. This in turn panics the rest of the employees and creates more and more chaos. Ultimately, so much damaged is caused from this drill as Angela (another employee of Dunder Mifflin) tries to save her cat by throwing it through an open tile in the ceiling. The cat then crashes through another panel causing more and more damage and chaos. The primary way that all this madness could have been solved is by Dwight creating another more interesting, safe, interactive fire safety presentation that people would've listened to. Additionally, if Michael had known the safety protocol as well and calmed people down instead of inciting panic and chaos this situation would have been way smoother.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO8N3L_aERg
Tennyson Holmes
Owen Ricketts
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNosXV9pbrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahdhGZteyK8&t=66s
In the movie Shawshank Redemption, bad leadership is shown by Samuel Norton, the warden of Shawshank Prison. Although Norton is outwardly a good Christian man, he is really a corrupt leader. He employs Andy Dufresne, the main character of the movie, to use his financial expertise to help his money laundering scheme. At the beginning of this clip it shows how Warden Norton’s corruption ended up in Dufresne escaping to a new life while the warden himself got caught. This corruption shows bad leadership because it shows that Warden Norton really wasn’t a good man who believed in discipline and the bible, as he claimed earlier in the movie. It shows that he is egotistical and wants to make money so much that he employs an inmate, to help him with his criminal activity. He sees his inmates as a source of cheap labor that he can make money off of rather than the prisoners that he is in charge of. Norton also shows bad leadership when he hears that a new inmate had arrived at Shawshank who could prove the innocence of Dufresne, whose departure would leave Norton without anyone to help him with his illegal activity. Instead of letting one his followers go back into society as was deserved, he has the new inmate killed so that Dufresne must stay to help him. That scene is shown in the second link. By the time Andy Dufresne escapes from Shawshank Prison, Warden Norton is so blinded by his desire to make a little extra money illegally that he can’t see Dufresne planning his escape using the accounts he had created for the warden’s nefarious behavior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOMa0LeWArE
ReplyDeleteThe clip I have chosen is from Season 7 Episode 7 of Game of Thrones in which Cersei Lannister, who is currently sitting on the Iron Throne, demonstrates poor leadership by betraying people she pledged to help for her own selfish gain. Earlier, Jon Snow showed her the threat of the White Walkers and she ended up promising to come north with her armies in order to fight for the living. In this scene, we see that she never had any intent to do so because she lacks empathy for other people and is more focused on winning the war for Westeros than facing the true threat of the army of the dead. In fact, she says her plan is basically to let everyone else die and just save those close to her, and is completely dishonest with pledging her army to fight in the war for the living. She is supposed to be the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms and protect everyone that she rules over, but she really only looks out for herself and seeks to gain more personal power for selfish reasons, and even threatens to kill her brother Jamie for treason when he says he is keeping the promise to fight for the living and is going north. Therefore, in this scene, Cersei displays many qualities of bad leadership, including lack of empathy for her people, selfish motives, dishonesty, and unhealthy desire to maintain power when there are bigger issues at stake.
Danielle Beerman
DeleteWill Spartin
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLp8pjqwlsc&t=10s
For my selection, I choose a clip from the tv show, The Office. The Office is a show about the employees of a paper company and what goes on in the office. My clip features the boss, Michael Scott, trying to conduct a team building exercise. On the surface, this sounds like good leadership, however, the manner in which he conducted the exercise wasn’t. To try to bond is employees, he instructed them to attach index cards to their foreheads with the nationalities, races, or famous people. Then, they had to use clues to guess what was written on their foreheads. This prompted a very racist activity where people had to give stereotypical hints that could be offensive. This is bad leadership because instead of being successful in bringing people together, he tore them apart by making a toxic environment which made people very uncomfortable. Michael Scott as a character is known to be a bad boss but this is bad leadership on a different level. He not only instilled a socially unacceptable environment, but in doing so make his employees clash instead of coming together. This is a prime example of bad leadership in film.
https://youtu.be/67IUmRKJt9I
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The clip I chose was from the 2017 movie, "The Last Jedi". In this clip Kylo Ren has just forcefully seized power from his boss, Supreme Leader Snoke, who in truth could have his own blog post devoted to his own bad leadership. Kylo Ren's new immediate underling General Hux is critical of this leadership shakeup and suspicious of the circumstances that led to Kylo Ren being his new boss. He also questions Kylo Ren's leadership choices, as Kylo Ren has always been as a little bit of a loose cannon. Kylo Ren responds horribly, using the Force to make Hux choke himself. How are people supposed to speak out in an environment where dissenters are choked out? This is incredibly poor leadership as it creates an environment where groupthink is highly encouraged if not demanded. In fact, later in the movie when the First Order is attempting to snuff out the rest of the Rebel forces, this troubling leadership is made clear again when Kylo Ren orders all of his forces to fire on Luke. This turns out to be a diversion as the Rebels use the time that Luke has bought them to find a way out of the cave they were stuck in and fleeing when the First Order had a great opportunity to crush all dissidents. If Kylo Ren had allowed Hux the freedom to speak his mind, the First Order may have had the opportunity to crush all those who opposed them. Very bad example of leadership.
Tyler Kotler
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2DzGccvJc
(Start it at 1:10)
For my movie scene, I selected a clip from Forrest Gump, the greatest movie in a long time. In this scene, the main character Forrest and his friend Bubba arrive in Vietnam and meet their new lieutenant, named Lieutenant Dan. In their conversations throughout the clip, it becomes clear that Lieutenant Dan displays bad leadership due to his lack of respect or care for others. He is helpful in the sense that he gives Forrest and Bubba a few important pieces of advice, such as to change their socks in order to keep their feet health. However, he makes a mean comment about Bubba's lip, telling him to put it away when, in reality, Bubba has no control over how his lip looks. This made him feel unwelcome and uncomfortable in this new environment, which is a feeling that you should not pass on to your followers. In addition, Lieutenant Dan asks where they are from. They both reply, "Alabama," but a minute later he has already forgotten and thinks they are from Arkansas. This shows that, as a leader, Lieutenant Dan is not actively listening to his followers and cares little about what they have to say. Thus, Lieutenant Dan shows multiple characteristics of bad leadership in this clip.
https://youtu.be/9FnO3igOkOk
ReplyDeleteThe reason I chose this clip from a few good men is because I felt as though it is the most well known scene from this movie as well as the fact that it showcases how Colonel Jessup is a terrible leader even if he considers his methods to be effective. This, however, does not discredit other scenes in which you can see his appalling behavior such as when he makes several extremely sexist comments to Lt. Cmdr. Galloway about his previous commanding officers. In the scene that I chose, Colonel Jessup is seen encouraging the idea of group-think by stating how soldiers are meant to follow orders no matter the circumstances. This exact mentality is what lead to the death of a soldier named Santiago— which serves as the driving force for the plot of this movie. The soldiers told to injure Santiago were so encased in the idea of following orders, that they took their beating so far as to kill Santiago. Another quality of bad leadership that Colonel Jessup showcases is the idea that he is one with the military. He discredits other branches as well as the main character, Lt. Kaffee, due to the fact that they have not gone through what he has gone through. In the eyes of Colonel Jessup, they could not possibly understand. Another thing that Colonel Jessup does, is he claims that is subordinates not only want him, but they need him. He is a necessity, and he cannot possibly be replaced.
James Na
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InpRYeBtzzU
The video that I chose, from Karate Kid 2010, demonstrates bad leadership in a number of ways. The video starts after Jaiden Smith’s character was beat up by a group of children, and his landlord goes to the dojo where the children spend most of their time to confront them about their misbehavior. I specifically want to focus on the first part of the video where two children were practicing but master Li told one kid to finish off the other. This demonstrates that the antagonist has no regard as to what his followers want to do. His lack of sympathy is very evident throughout this clip, because he isn’t able to understand that his followers are actually soft hearted children. Furthermore, his bad leadership is demonstrated through his “discipline” in the form of violence that he uses to train his disciples. Upon further evaluation, it is evident that he frequently beats his followers, which means he leads by fear and violence, but it also shows how “hate breeds hate”, since a lot of the leader’s hatred rubs off on his followers. This can be seen with his followers’ eagerness to fight and lack of sympathy similar to that of the leader. Additionally, Master Li’s ruthless leadership can be seen in the later part of the film where he forces Dre, the main character, to fight so that his followers may redeem themselves. Not only does this show that Li deals with confrontation using violence, but it also shows that his motives are not to benefit his followers, but rather it is to benefit himself, since the fallbacks of his followers contribute negatively to his image.
Kelly Lennon
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqdtZYrlb90
The clip I chose comes from Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode 7. During this scene King Joffrey converses with his Hand of the King—and grandfather—Tywin Lannister. Joffrey requests that Tywin gives him a report of the meetings of his small council, to which Tywin replies that the King is welcome to attend these meetings. In response, King Joffrey sounds very similar to many WashU students, saying “I’ve been very busy”. He then goes on to complain that the council meetings are held too far away and that it would be an inconvenience to climb so many stairs. He further—and quite ironically—complains about the lack of counsel he has received. Joffrey displays bad leadership in this clip as he shows absolutely no leadership at all, other than the fact that he sits haughtily upon his throne. He has lazily refused to partake in the small council meetings and therefore is unprepared to deal with matters of the realm. The king should lead such meetings, but he has failed to even be a part of the conversation. He would rather have his followers do all the hard work. His excuse of being busy attending to other matters is clearly a lie as it appears he has been doing nothing at all. As a king, he commands no respect from his followers and proves himself to be a whiney child. The one who displays true leadership in this clip is Tywin Lannister. It is evident that while Joffrey has been wearing the crown and playing king, Tywin has been the one truly leading the seven kingdoms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUTt0LMhyas
ReplyDeleteThe clip I chose is from Finding Nemo. It is towards the end of the movie when Marlin finally has found Nemo, but Dory gets trapped in a fish net. Nemo has an idea of how to save her, but Marlin, who is seen by many as the inherent leader throughout the movie, is far too hestitant to let Nemo try at first. But after Nemo tells Marlin he has to trust him, Marlin agrees to let Nemo try and even encourages him, telling his son he knows he can do it. It is with that extra confidence that Nemo is able to lead the group of fish in a downwards swim, and save their lives. Marlin had to trust in that moment that his son first of all had a better idea than him, and secondly had the skills to carry it out. Once he did this, and told Nemo that he felt this way, he not only was a great father, but also a great leader. A good leader must trust the abilities and ideas of his followers, and this is exactly what Marlin did. And by doing so, they saved Dory and hundreds of other fish from a certain death.
-Molly Dwyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7SYnc0x4YQ
ReplyDeleteI chose this mash up of clips from the Mean Girls movie because it has examples of bad leadership and bad followership. In the movie, Regina George is the leader of The Plastics, who are the pretty girls of the school. Regina maintains her rule as Queen Bee and controls her followers by making them feel in debt to her, bad about themselves, or by simply bullying them. Gretchen, her friend, wants to feel validated by Regina so bad, is willing to change herself completely. The main character Cady becomes a follower of Regina as a ploy to infiltrate the group and tear down the Queen Bee. However, Cady becomes one of the plastics because she is a bad follower. In the beginning, she was able to keep the end goal in mind, but Regina's power compelled her into changing herself. Unfortunately, Cady then neglects the plans she starte by becoming another one of Regina's desperate followers, when she should have began to question Regina's motives. Not only are the Plastics in Mean Girls demonstrating group-think, the mentality of the entire high school is toxic because of group-think.
Jakyra
Alex Soyke
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbA9lb4ax-g
I chose a clip from the TV show Friends (Season 5, Episode 9: The One with Ross’s Sandwich). In this episode Phoebe decides to take a literature class since she is excited about learning and never had the chance to go to college and take classes that interest her. Rachel decides to be a good friend and join Phoebe in this class, however, she does not prepare for the class or read the required novel. Once Rachel gets to class (late), she asks Phoebe to fill her in about the book, and Phoebe is nice enough to tell Rachel about the main plot and themes of the novel so that Rachel is able to participate in the class. The professor calls on Rachel first, and Rachel completely steals Phoebe’s answer, repeating it word for word. When Phoebe is called on to share her thoughts next, she has no original response and looks stupid. In this episode, Rachel’s act of not preparing for class and then stealing Phoebe’s answer to make herself look good is an example of bad leadership. What Rachel should have done is been a leader to Phoebe and show her what it looks like to be a good student by reading the book ahead of time. Even if Rachel didn’t read the book, however, she should not have taken Phoebe’s answer and should have accepted the consequences for not being prepared.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9OT0HTauKU
ReplyDeleteI thought that this was an example of awful leadership. The boss in this scene starts out by scolding Jason Sudeikis for attending a funeral which, in my opinion, is always an excuse for being late (unless someone went to a random funeral just to skip work, which was not the case). The boss then proceeds to demonstrate terrible character through his words and actions. First, he tries to save money by disposing of chemical waste in a harmful way that will hurt people and the environment and he clearly doesnt care. Next, he wants to stop paying the medical bills of an employee that got injured on the job who he thinks is a "monster" due to his facial injury. These both show an extreme disregard for people in favor of money, and make this boss seem like a terrible human being. Finally, the boss wants to fire everyone who is fat or crippled, which is a direct violation of peoples rights and the equal employment opportunity act of 1972. I selected this clip because its from a funny movie with the title "Horrible Bosses" which is practically synonymous with "Bad Leadership".
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWGFloXTt_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4isatjZ0BM
For my bad leadership in movies, I chose a scene from the iconic The Devil Wears Prada. I chose this movie because it is known for the wicked boss who everyone is afraid of. The boss, Miranda Priestly has many moments throughout the film where she demonstrates bad leadership, but I chose this specific scene because it is how the main character and the audience is introduced to this character, and one can identify it from the very beginning before she even speaks. In this scene, the editor-in-chief of Runway, a fashion magazine, arrives to work earlier than she was expected to. Everyone who works for the magazine frantically runs around trying to prepare for her arrival. Some women change from their flat shoes to their high heels, others put on lipstick to try to look better, people in the elevator get out so she can have it to herself. The changes people make satisfy her and the fact they act flustered around her shows that they fear her. A leader who gets respects from their followers out of fear is an example of bad leadership. When followers are afraid of their leader and do or say anything to make them happy, they are never being themselves or voicing their own ideas. This could even be an example of group think because their creativity and individuality are being stifled in order to please their leader. A good leader is someone who allows their followers to comfortably be themselves and share their, but Miranda instead enforces her beliefs as law.
Kennedy Wiley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWKjZzm9VnU
ReplyDeleteIn this clip, the U.S. government displays bad leadership since they employed Buster Bluth to play "video games" without him recognizing that he is actually remotely controlling a fighter pilot. Because of the bad leadership, Buster was playing this "game" without knowing the ethical ramifications of his actions. When he accidentally killed innocent people, he thought it was okay under the pretense that it was just a video game. However, he actually did kill innocent people. They also allowed Buster to work for hours without breaks. Even though the government did not force Buster to work the amount of time he did, they could have been better leaders by talking tot Buster and discussing with him why he needs a break. Additionally, the leaders had plans for Buster to basically become a killing machine, without discussing it with Buster first. The leaders also created distance between them and Buster, not creating a collaborative environment. In this clip, Buster is a bad follower by not pointing out these bad qualities in the leadership style. This is not because of complacency, however, is because of Buster being left out of the plans for his future.
-Gabriella Cooperman
Forgot to mention, this is from the fourth season of the TV show Arrested Development
DeleteEllie Fitzpatrick
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH_1ux22LTc
The clip I choose is from Game of Thrones and revolves around the character Cersei. The reason I chose this clip is because I think Cersei is the embodiment of a bad leader. She has no regard for the people she rules over, even going so far as to killing hundreds of people by blowing up the sept (church) in order to kill a couple people. Not only does she have no regard for the people she reigns over she also doesn’t listen to the council and surrounds herself with people who won’t challenge her. Without the option of dissent groupthink is even worse. If everyone is afraid to challenge her and she continues to get support for her bad ideas she’ll only become more delusional. If someone does challenge her she threatens their life. In this scene Cersei tells Jamie she had previously lied when she’d told other factions that she would ally with them to fight in the North. When Jamie, her own brother, disagrees with this decision she made she threatens to kill him. Not only will she make poor decision for the people she rules, but she’ll also make false promises and not tolerate anything less than one hundred percent loyalty to herself. She doesn’t care if everyone she rules over dies, as long as she can remain in power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpT-ZdPi2Jk
ReplyDeleteMy clip is from a Black Mirror episode, USS Callister, in which a man clones his coworkers into a game. In the scene, the newest girl, Nanette Cole, is trying to convince the team to rebel and escape, but the oldest member, James Walton, is afraid of rebelling because he has been broken by the captain, Robert Daly. This clip is an example of bad and good leadership. Daly displays bad leadership because he allows his “followers”— the team— to suffer, and promotes the suffering. Daly’s bad leadership also comes from bad followership, as the team, before, Cole shows up, is too afraid to sacrifice themselves to escape, and they allow Daly to continue his abuse of the team by not banding together. Daly sort of traps/enslaves them in the game, and this brings up another problem: the bad followership of everyone in the real world who didn’t notice his strange actions, or pay attention. As a leader, he is not watched closely or monitored by his followers, and they therefore cannot interfere. In the story, Walton is his partner/boss in real life, and he punishes him within the game by murdering his son in front of him— a form of bad leadership, but also a cause of being the follower of a bad leader.
The newest girl, Cole, illustrates good leadership though, by risking herself to save everyone, and, more importantly, by listening to Walton when he tells his story. As a leader, she ensures the safety of his son and listens to his concerns.
Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzkzCSwhsx8
ReplyDeleteI can not think of a better example of a bad leader in cinema than Doctor Evil from the Austin Powers movies. He displays many bad qualities throughout the movies and hardly ever a good one for a leader. The specific clip I have chosen shows Doctor Evil at a sort of board meeting with his employees for his evil corporation. One of Doctor Evil’s employees, called Number Two by Doctor Evil, suggests a business plan to Doctor Evil saying that if they were to shift their investments from evil to Starbucks they could increase their profits five times. To this valuable suggestion Doctor Evil says “I am the one who makes decisions!” This is obviously a problem for someone in charge to behave this way. Not only does he ignore a great idea simply because it was not his, but he also shoots it down in a dramatic manner that is sure to dissuade Number Two from coming up with more great ideas in the future. Another interesting bit of information that can be gathered from this clip is the fact that the business was doing very well with Doctor Evil gone. Doctor Evil was cryogenically frozen for some time, and during that time his business, under the leadership of Number Two and other employees, started to do much better financially than it was when Doctor Evil was in charge. Perhaps this goes without saying, but if your business is performing poorly, and then starts to do quite well as soon as you leave and does so for the entire duration of your abscnce, it is perhaps as good a piece of evidence as any that you might need to re-examine your leadership abilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=246szPhe6MY
ReplyDeleteThe clip that I chose is from the show How I Met Your Mother in which one of the main characters of the show, Marshall, has an interaction with his new boss who also used to be his boss at a former job. The entire interaction displays bad leadership, as Arthur, the boss, does not remember who Marshall is. A crucial part of leadership is recognizing the importance of individual team members and followers, which at the very least requires knowing their name. Marshall then goes on to explain the interaction he and Arthur had when Marshall quit his previous job and yelled at Arthur for being a terrible job. However, Arthur still doesn't recall this interaction or Marshall at all, further exemplifying his bad leadership. An important quality of a good leader is empathy for all of the followers; this conversation shows that Arthur didn't have empathy for Marshall both when the fight occurred and now years later at this new job. Arthur then proceeds to generalize the scenario, saying that most of his employees and all of his family ends up yelling at him like that, continuing to take away Marshall's agency and individuality while also making the conversation about himself. The selfishness that is exhibited throughout this entire interaction really characterizes Arthur as a leader, as he does not consider the feelings or thoughts of any of his followers.
Olivia Rau
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ReplyDeleteOne way that this scene represents bad leadership is due to the fact that “The Plastics” are enabling groupthink. As one can see in the scene, “The Plastics” pressure Cady to say something bad about herself thus showing an environment in which the follower, Cady, feels as though she has no other choice but to follow. “The Plastics” do not stop staring at Cady until she says something negative about herself, which prevents Cady from being able to be comfortable in the environment of her leaders unless she does what they demand. Furthermore, this shows the lack of respect that “The Plastics” have for their followers. They would much rather make others feel bad about themselves, so no one is more confident than them. Their followers, in this case Cady, are the ones putting them in power, yet they do not allow them to feel good about themselves. Moreover, this type of leadership creates an environment, in which no one feels comfortable to say their honest opinions due to risk of being seen in a negative light in the eyes of the leaders. This illustrates the idea that a bad leader is one who will get rid of anyone who is not 100% supportive of their ideas. Lastly, while “The Plastics”, specifically Regina who is the leader of the group, may seem like effective leaders because they can pressure others to do what they want, they are actually being bad leaders. An effective leader is not the same thing as a good leader, and as a result their attitudes will cause anyone who is loyal to them to eventually turn the other way.
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ReplyDeleteThe clip I chose is from the 2007 classic The Simpsons Movie. Besides being my favorite movie movie of all time, I chose this clip because Homer SImpson repeatedly shows instances of bad leadership, and more or less the entire movie shows the negative fruits of his bad leadership until he finally has the ephaniny that allows him to understand how to be a good leader. In this clip in particular, we can instantly see the effects of being a bad leader has both on Homer himself and on his follower, his son Bart. At first, Bart plays the role of bad follower by laughing at his father for getting the hammer stuck in his eye rather than being concerned for his well-being. Instead of trying to help his son understand the correct response to a situation like this, Homer simply chokes Bart out while explaining how he will “teach him to laugh at something that’s funny.” He then partakes in a dangerous game of “dare” with his son while in an already dangerous situation working on the roof. Homer is again a bad leader here by lacking common sense when he almost gets his son seriously injured, and then proceeds to the do the exact same thing after Bart barely escapes injury. The most striking instance of bad leadership occurs when his neighbor warns Homer of the danger of what he is doing and that he is being a bad leader by setting a bad example for his kid. Homer goes beyond just failing to listen to him; he laughs him off and compliments his son for doing the same, thus promoting bad followership. To go along with the rest of the theme of the movie, the writers make Homer instantly pay for his bad leadership by ending the scene with him falling through the roof.
Jared Lieberman
Richard Carnegie
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Bad Leadership
17 April 2019
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The movie, Office Space, is about an employee named Peter rebelling against his superiors in a cubicle environment. Peter attempts to get fired from his job through various acts such as, not showing up to work, not respecting his superiors, and intentionally not doing his assignments. Ironically, as a result, these actions get him promoted and given more leadership rolls in the company. The movie suggests that his ill-intentioned actions mirror that of his superiors. In this specific clip that occurs towards the beginning of the movie, Peter makes a mistake on his report. After recognizing his mistake, Peter fixes it well before the report is published. Afterwards his boss, Bill Lumbergh, confronts Peter about the mistake. During their conversation Bill exbibits multiple bad leadership qualities. The biggest, and most important one, was the constant reinforcement of the power hierarchy of the company in terms of Bill’s position and Peter’s. By making Peter repeatedly acknowledge the power difference between the two, Bill causes peter to resent his superiors. This is a bad leadership quality because it reinforces a disconnect between the leader and their followers. By doing so the followers do not want to support their leader. This results in the followers using whatever power they have in their own self interest and not the collective. The same can occur for the leader. Once the leader recognizes that disconnect between them and the followers, they too will make decision based off their own interest and based off what is best for the collective.
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