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This 7 page paper discusses Lance Armstrong and how his leadership style changed after his experience with cancer. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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that Lance Armstrong is a charismatic leader, but it also suggests that his style has changed over time, specifically since his intense battle with cancer. Discussion Lets briefly consider both
Mr. Armstrong and leadership styles. One source discusses ten separate styles; in alphabetical order, they are: "Autocratic leadership, bureaucratic, charismatic, democratic, laissez-faire, people-oriented, servant, task-oriented, transactional and transformational" (Leadership styles,
2009). Another source uses Armstrong in particular as a model of what it calls a "pace-line leader" (Harkins and Hollihan, 2009). The concern here is to determine how much time
a leader should spend on a project, and Armstrong is the example. The authors point out how team members racing in the Tour de France ride closely together: "Despite the
amazing speeds and immense distances involved, cyclists of the same team "sit" inches from each others back wheel, one bike after the other, in what is known as a pace
line" (Harkins and Hollihan, 2009). The reason for this is the physics of aerodynamics: the leader of the line uses "almost twice as much energy as his teammates by cutting
through the air" (Harkins and Hollihan, 2009). His effort creates a slipstream that literally pulls the rest of the team along in what is called "drafting" (Harkins and Hollihan, 2009).
When the cyclist in front becomes exhausted from the effort, he goes to the back of the line and lets someone else take the lead while he recovers (Harkins and
Hollihan, 2009). The new leader will expend the same amount of effort as the man he replaced; the speed created and sustained by the team as a whole are far
greater than those that can be attained by an individual (Harkins and Hollihan, 2009). Lance Armstrong is a pace-line leader. He created and led the team that helped him
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