Management Case

Introduction

I remember being asked when I was younger what I wanted to be when I grew up. It started out as an actress and changed to a plethora of things over the years. However, I did find it funny that President William Clinton wanted to be a professional saxophone player. How do you move from wanting to be a musician to wanting to lead a country? No matter how odd I found this to be, a part of me accepted and attributed it to him being human. We are all entitled to change our minds. He has had some failures but many more successes. I plan to discuss the background as well as look at what was so special about this president and his leadership style. I will travel his history from past to present.

Background

William Jefferson Clinton was born William J Blythe III on August 19, 1946 in Hope, AR. He took on the last name "Clinton" when his mom remarried. William was a great student and loved to play the saxophone, which is why he considered a career in music. While at Hot Springs High School he got the chance to meet President John F. Kennedy. This experience led him to want to pursue a career in politics. He went on to Graduate from Georgetown, Oxford, and studied law at Yale University. Here he met and later married Hillary Rodham. The Clinton's have one daughter, Chelsea. Clinton served as the governor of Arkansas. He was the 42nd president of the United States where he served two terms. He is the second youngest president. He was the first Democratic president elected in sixteen years and in the midst intense partisanship on Capitol Hill.

His priorities included healthcare reform, war on drugs, and to better educate the country just to name a few.

He also implemented The Earned Income Tax Credit which allows American workers who earned $35,000 or less in 2005 to file for a tax refund of up to $4,400.

Clinton was the second president to be impeached. However, he was acquitted by the United States Senate.

Leadership Characteristics the Leader Posses

In The Clinton Presidency Campaigning, Governing, & the Psychology of Leadership it talks about the three major core elements of Bill Clinton's character:

• His level of ambition

• His self-confidence along with a idealized view of himself

• His strong need for validation

"Without ambition, talent and skill are empty vessels for accomplishing purposes." I believe this to be true, if you have passion about what it is you do then you will enjoy it along with doing a better job. We are able to see traces of his ambition in his success as a student at Hot Springs High