The reason I think that Rudy was a leader from the beginning of his carrer. He was able to put so many people away will he was an attorney, then when becoming mayor he was able to lessen the crime on the streets, also cleaning up the city at the same time. He had prostate cancer, but at the same time he was cheating on his wife. Many overlooked that part because of his cancer, but they did see how he was a leader when 9/11 occured. He was acting as a leader that was more caring, wanting to make sure that the city was safe and that no one was flipping out and causing chaos. He was able to show people that he wasn't going to go run and hide when danger came, but to put out there that he isn't afraid of anyone and that he was going to make sure his people were ok before saving himself. He was able to make control out of the most chaotic even that had happened to New York in a while.
The fact that he was able to become two people at the same time and was able to not only put hiself after others, but to give more than he had before to his people when they need it is showing great leadership skills. To come in a crisis and be able to hold your self together is one thing, but to be able to pull a city together is another thing.
In a crises you often see two types of leaders emerge: The poised and the panicked. Guiliani, despite what it may have seemed as he approached the end of his term as the mayor, was one of those poised leaders. When organizations undergo some sort of crises you will see one of these leaders step to the front and announce how the chaos will be handled. The panicked often treat chaos with more chaos and jump into irrational decisions head-first. The poised, or transformational, realize the need for control and followership, and excentuate accomodation of the follower needs to ensure that the transition or crises is handled properly.
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