Winston Churchill's Failure

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There are great leaders and poor leaders, and some that are just terrible. However, there are times when a terrible leader changes their way of thinking to become a great leader known throughout history. Winston Churchill was one of these leaders who managed to change his leadership style to become a great leader. Churchill had some manger failures in his career as the secretary of the navy during World War 1. Churchill had to overcome these failures to be a leader he is known for today. An article that highlights Churchill’s failures that he had to overcome is called “Winston Churchill’s Terrible Leadership Failure.” The article states that Churchill was hailed as the model of a great leader, however in his early days his leadership style was dreadful (Williams). One of Churchill greatest failure was when he made the decision to attack Turkey. It was an eight and a half month long battle, which cost about half a million of men’s life’s on both sides of the war (Williams). After the fact, Churchill was quoted saying that “I seem to have been too ready to undertake tasks which were hazardous or even forlorn…show more content…
This made a bad mix that led Churchill to ignore vital data. The article stated that Churchill would force his strategy and did not give space for opposing voices to challenge his assumptions or explore alternative strategies. Churchill allowed his opinions on the problem to be given greater weight and credibility than the professionals whose job it was to provide the knowledge (Williams). These combinations are not great leadership qualities, which made Churchill fail as a leader, it also had great consequences for his action. However, Churchill managed to learn something from this errors, and later he make up for as the prime minister during Would War 2, which he is known for outstanding leadership

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