Gneral Patton Biography

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“Men like to fight, they always have and they always will, if not, they are not real men.” (A&E Networks) This quote from General Patton, signifies everything he was, and everything he stood for. Patton was a brutal man, who was very opinionated. For example, during WWII Patton makes a statement in one of his speeches about how Americans and British are to rule the world after they become victorious in the war. This openness about what he believed almost costed him his career during the war, and it is what finally removed him from his position in the end. Using the MBTI, Patton is considered to be an ESTP. This stands for extraversion, sensing, thinking, and perception. People with this personality type are labeled as the ultimate realist (Phi Theta Kappa), they are action-oriented, and anything that will delay the moment is a waste of time. With that said, Patton was a great man who had everything he needed to be “A Genius For War” (D’Este).

Warren Bennis wrote the article on the four competencies of great leaders (Phi Theta Kappa). When comparing Patton to Bennis’ four competencies of a great leader, Patton was an extreme manager of attention. He had the extraordinary focus of commitment that Bennis says is necessary to draw in followers. Next, one of Patton’s strongest skills was in managing meaning, he was known for his colorful language, and was an artist by creating war poems that exemplified his vision as a general in the military. In contrast to Bennis’ great leader, Patton created trust through his reliability, but even his own friend Eisenhower could not trust him to keep his mouth shut, and this almost cost him his job twice during the war. After the war ends Pattons compares the hostility towards the Nazis to a De...

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