Churchill the Lion Who Roared

Churchill: Leader and Statesman

Wilson Churchill was a leader that was not afraid to stand in the front, with all the answers in hand and had a trail of willing followers.

“He was the lion who roared when the British Empire needed him the most.”

Elected into the parliament at merely the age of 25, he began his political career as a statesman in the House of Commons. He later was promoted to serve as First Lord of the Admiralty, Minister of Munitions, Chancellor of Exchequer and finally became the Prime Minister of England. Having to hold many position during his long career, this has provided him a vast knowledge to prepare him as the Prime Minister.

Churchill was known for his caring personality and this was shown the way he engages his staff. He made it business to poke in all aspect of his work and cleverly knew how to fully engage his junior staff to gather information. He was know to always be “here, there and everywhere.” Many scholars have in fact labeled him has an effective leader because of his tremendous skill to inspire people, far and strategic visionary, his untiring passion and lastly his levelheaded personality.

Churchill’s value and work rules are simply to be admired and a lot can be learned from. His simplistic approach in using open, honest and direct communication was one of his strongest skills. He used it a maximum effect to get things his way in the most positive manner he could think of. He knew how to communicate well and was not afraid to conduct them in person. He knows when to use his honest thoughts, push through his ideas and used his emotional intelligence correctly. One of his finest moment in using open, honest and direct communication when he had a private chat with Chamberlain. “He a...

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... around him especially during the darkest days of his leadership. But his most unexpected about Churchill, was his level of humility that he was able to bring to the table. He at the end realized that he was too a ‘worm’ that kept him levelheaded.

As Lukas wrote, “Churchill understood something that not many people understand even now. The greatest threat to Western civilization was not Communism. It was National Socialism.” Churchill was a modern Nostradamus in his prophetic wisdom. He became a better leader because “the mind of an historian and courage of a soldier.” He understood history patterns really well and was willing to take the risk by informing people of facts they didn’t want to hear. Churchill refused repercussion or allowed euphemistic language to blind him. He led with unembellished facts.

Works Cited

Five Days in London May 1940, John Lukas