Week 3-Obama's Inauguration address

How does one critique a speech that was heard all over the world. A speech that people from all over the country and world came to hear the words of the new president. For me it was hard to critique in a negative way because I believe the the message that he was giving to the American people. Looking at it in a leader sense, I think he showed the people a strong leader that is going to make a change. He started talking about the history of this day and how other leaders faced this day.
Going back to the conversation in class we had that Obama's speech related to the definition of leadership. He shared commons goals with a group of followers which we discussed can also be known as supporters. He discussed that this is not going to happened over night which showed that this is a process.
The speech showed the trait of Power/Influence but he also showed the trait of cultural/symbolic. He discussed the difference kind of people that are apart of our nation. "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth"(nytimes.com).

As a supporter I believe that the speech was given by a strong leader that people would want to work with. He discussed many issues that the people wanted to be changed. As you listen to the speech you can that he shows a good example of the skills based model. Technology is where you show that you have the knowledge which is shown when he discusses the trouble of the economy. The Human skills was seen when he looked to the people and thank them for coming and supporting him in his journey. Conceptual was seen when he discussed the visions and ideas off the change that he is going to make. An example of this is when he said "To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds"(nytimes.com).