Abraham Lincoln

Area Of Leadership:United States of America

Presented By:Qasim Zia (090301029)Shahid Naseer (090301026)Mohsin Marwat (090301024)M. Faizan Awaan (090301038)

One of the America’s Best President

Time Period:

Birth: February 12, 1809

Hardin County, Kentucky

Formal education: 18 months of schooling

Avid reader and largely self-educated

Political Career: 1831-1865

Presidential Career:• 1861-65

Death:Assassinated

April 14,1865

10:15 PM

Success Story 1831:

failed in business.

1832: lost his job

wanted to go to law school

application was rejected 1836:

Suffered a total nervous breakdown

1838: Sought to become Speaker

of the state legislature.

1840: Sought to become elector

defeated. 1843:

ran for Congress lost.

1846: Ran for Congress again Won Finally made his way to

Washington.

Success Story (contd..) 1848:

Ran for re-election to Congress

Lost. 1849:

sought the job of land officer

rejected. 1854:

Ran for the US Senate lost.

1856: sought the vice presidential

nomination lost.

1858: Ran for the US Senate

again lost again.

1860: Decided to run for

president Won Became Greatest

president ever of US

Leadership Traits Postmaster

Shopkeeper

Surveyor

Lawyer

Leadership Traits Capacity to Listen to

Different Points of View

Ability to Learn on the Job

Ready to Share Credit for Success

Ready to Share Blame for Failure

Awareness of Own Weaknesses

Ability to Control Emotions

Know How to Relax and Replenish

Direct Management

Strength to Adhere to Fundamental Goals

Ability to Communicate Goals and Vision

Quotes: “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

“And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.”

“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”

Lesson Learned Public Speaking

Strong team formation

Emotions controlling

Communicate your goals and vision

Focus on fundamental goals

Decision making power

Awareness of own weakness

Strong Managerial hold

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. - Abraham Lincoln