The author has presented two contradictory opinions regarding the important characteristic of an effective leader. On one hand it is suggested that a leader must be open to compromise in case of disparity of opinions and principles, and on the other hand, it is implicated he leader must be rigid in his objectives and not give in to public whim. I believe that it is essential for a leader to have his own vision and opinion, but it is equally imperative that he values the same of others'.
One particular example of leadership capitulating to public demand is the recent referendum of United Kingdom in which the public outvoted the government's original plan to remain a member of European Union. Prime-minister David Cameron yielded to majority votes against his policies, however, only time will tell whether this decision was a sensible one. In any case, a leader must value the opinions of his oppositions and that of public, however contradictory are those to his own. This will not only give an idea about public consensus but also help him to realize his shortcomings and overcome those in time for smooth functioning of the government. Furthermore, public these days are fairly intelligent and their opinions may actually be of tremendous help in dealing with various quagmires. Also, leadership may gradually denigrate towards despotic system if others' opinion are continually devalued and this will mark the end of freedom of speech and opinion in any country advocating democracy.
Nonetheless, there are plenty examples in history, of personalities who were uncompromising in their objectives and were ultimately successful in achieving their goals. With the results they engendered, I don't believe anyone would have minded their idiosyncrasies. For example, Mahatma Gandhi who was a strong advocate of non-violence stuck by it throughout his movements against the British regime in India. Ultimately, the British yielded to his quirky principles and left India for good.
Similarly, Abraham Lincoln continually championed for freedom for the Blacks, and at long last was successful in emancipating them. These leaders remain adhered to their principles and ideologies against all odds and are now regarded as the epitome of effective leadership.
All in all, whether following public opinion or adhering by one's principle, is entirely subjective to the situation at hand. Hence, an effective leader must be open to both the options and strive for a progressive future.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 206, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ls. With the results they engendered, I dont believe anyone would have minded their ...
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Discourse Markers used:
['actually', 'also', 'but', 'furthermore', 'hence', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'nonetheless', 'regarding', 'similarly', 'so', 'for example', 'in any case', 'on the other hand']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.240184757506 0.240241500013 100% => OK
Verbs: 0.136258660508 0.157235817809 87% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0969976905312 0.0880659088768 110% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0508083140878 0.0497285424764 102% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0577367205543 0.0444667217837 130% => OK
Prepositions: 0.133949191686 0.12292977631 109% => OK
Participles: 0.0369515011547 0.0406280797675 91% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.02874913462 2.79330140395 108% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0277136258661 0.030933414821 90% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.0016655270985 0% => More particles wanted.
Determiners: 0.0923787528868 0.0997080785238 93% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0230946882217 0.0249443105267 93% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00692840646651 0.0148568991511 47% => Some subClauses wanted starting by 'Which, Who, What, Whom, Whose.....'
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2492.0 2732.02544248 91% => OK
No of words: 397.0 452.878318584 88% => OK
Chars per words: 6.27707808564 6.0361032391 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46372701284 4.58838876751 97% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.415617128463 0.366273622748 113% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.32241813602 0.280924506359 115% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.224181360202 0.200843997647 112% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.166246851385 0.132149295362 126% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.02874913462 2.79330140395 108% => OK
Unique words: 223.0 219.290929204 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.561712846348 0.48968727796 115% => OK
Word variations: 65.029473952 55.4138127331 117% => OK
How many sentences: 17.0 20.6194690265 82% => OK
Sentence length: 23.3529411765 23.380412469 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.5740294414 59.4972553346 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.588235294 141.124799967 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3529411765 23.380412469 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.882352941176 0.674092028746 131% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.21349557522 19% => OK
Readability: 55.5947547785 51.4728631049 108% => OK
Elegance: 1.67924528302 1.64882698954 102% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.520199196252 0.391690518653 133% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.109622969486 0.123202303941 89% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0762381856661 0.077325440228 99% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.547386294516 0.547984918172 100% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.132734308778 0.149214159877 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.195163606278 0.161403998019 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0964273051804 0.0892212321368 108% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.306753956874 0.385218514788 80% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.080077978227 0.0692045440612 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.32386186056 0.275328986314 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0953633455199 0.0653680567796 146% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.4325221239 134% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 5.30420353982 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88274336283 61% => OK
Positive topic words: 11.0 7.22455752212 152% => OK
Negative topic words: 0.0 3.66592920354 0% => More negative topic words wanted.
Neutral topic words: 3.0 2.70907079646 111% => OK
Total topic words: 14.0 13.5995575221 103% => OK
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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