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
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