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How to compare my effective leadership qualities to Napoleon Bonaparte?

• Hi, Im trying to do this assingment for school it wants me to do the following: Part I: You are to write a list of five qualities by which to judge effective leadership. What do you think makes a leader effective or makes them someone you would want to follow? Part II: Apply your selected "qualities" to the leadership of Napoleon. You are to answer the question, "Was Napoleon Bonaparte an effective leader?" You are to use your qualities as listed in Part I to determine his effectiveness. You must provide specific historical details showing how he meets or fails to meet each trait. Write your answer in a well-developed paragraph. Part III: Reflect on the goals of the French Revolution. Separate from Napoleon's effectiveness, in one paragraph consider whether Napoleon continued the Revolution or betrayed the Revolution. In other words, was Napoleon a hero of the revolution, a tyrant of the revolution, or somewhere in between? Visit Napoleon-series.org and PBS.org's Tyrant or Hero for additional information. Support your position with several examples. So Far what i did for part 1 is i wrote ,qualities of and effective leader: 1. An effective leader is someone who has the strength to do something that will help others and will show no weakness. 2.An effective leader is someone who will not run from his or hers fears, he or she will face there fears head on. 3.An effective leader is someone who will set good examples for his or her followers. 4.An effective leader is someone who will not try to escape any mess that goes on instead he or she will face the problems. 5.An effective leader is someone who will keep his or her promises to the followers. 6.An effective leader is someone who will take risks. how would these qualities relate to Napoleon Bonaparte? please help =(

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  1) Undoubtedly Napoleon was a gifted military commander, perhaps the greatest military commander of all time, who made creative use of the artillery to support his infantry. However, Napoleon didn't necessarily help others if historians take the end result of his series of military campaigns into consideration--17 years of warfare, six million Europeans killed, France bankrupt, many of her most prosperous overseas colonies, such as Haiti, lost. He also set out to conquer Europe not once, but twice, so he was a slow learner. 2) True, Napoleon didn't run from his fears, but he also didn't know when to quit. For example, he didn't pull out of Moscow in time to avoid a devastating Russian winter. Unfortunately, Napoleon failed in his attempt of making war a relatively quick enterprise as well as in his strategy of keeping his enemies divided. As time wore on, Napoleon despite his genius became increasingly irrational. 3) Even Napoleon's most ardent critics admire his intellectual ability, his power of concentration, his phenomenal memory, his capacity for work, and his abilty to inspire others--all of which set a wonderful example. All the same, Napoleon is also a wonderful example of an inflated ego. 4) Napoleon needed to have a few contingency plans for France that didn't involve conquest. True, he can be credited with helping to end the disorder of post revolutionary France, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he needed to extend disorder over the rest of Europe. 5) So what did Napoleon promise France? A reign of glory almost as big as Napoleon's ego! Along the way, however, he did institute some reforms in France that have endured to this day: conscription (or the draft) to ensure a large army, the metric system, centralized government in France along that the idea that bigger is better, a regulated tax code, and a central bank. 6) There are risks, and then there are suicidal military actions. Even so, I'd like to thank Napoleon for his continual warfare and at least one of its unintentional effects. Some of my ancestors immigrated from Scotland to the United States because the family feared their sons would be drafted into the British army. It's warmer around Dallas than in Glasgow, so my heating bills are considerably less.