Re:(목동김상철토플전문학원) 고3 김혜빈 독립형 WT #46 Communication skill is most important quality for leaders or politicians.

#46 Communication skill is most important quality for leaders or politicians.  Over the past few decades, many types of leaders and politicians have emerged and made various contributions to our society. So, it has been argued whether the most important quality for leaders or politicians is communication skill. Some might believe that it is more crucial for leaders to have great experiences and good personalities, while others might believe differently. However, I am deeply convinced that communication skill is the number-one factor that all good leaders and politicians must have. Actually, I have a couple of reasons to support my assertion and will explain and develop them in the next following paragraphs.  First of all, communication skill is the most indispensible factor for leaders or politicians to have because a good leader must be able to persuade and interact with group members and citizens to lead them in the right direction. Without any ability of communication, leaders and politicians will never be able to cooperate with their followers, which will eventually lead to a massive failure. Although some people might say that it is more important for leaders and politicians to have much experience than communication skill, it would be no use if very experienced leaders and politicians can’t share their experiences and opinions with their own members and followers. To give an example of this, there are two very important speeches made by two leaders of both the majority and minority of American citizens. First, Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke the famous quote, ‘there is nothing to fear but fear itself’, which was a speech written after communicating with the citizens of America. In the time of the great depression, the majority of American citizens were going through a widespread panic attack because all of the stock markets were broken and people were all going towards poverty. In such economic crisis, President Roosevelt decided to make many programs to communicate with the middle class and lower. Even though the president himself never had any experience living as a normal middle-class person, he was able to win elections and the respect of the people because of his communication skills, and his communication had made many people full of encouragement and hope. Not only this president, but also Martin Luther King was one of the most famous leaders for his communication with the citizens. Living in a racist community, Martin Luther King had communicated with segregated Negroes, and he had persuaded everyone with ideas about standing up for their rights without any violence. Although many of the plans didn’t work out safely, his speech ‘I have a dream’ had been filled with the results of what he shared with the black community by communication more than experience. Being born as a black man, he must’ve had any common experience, but he was a good leader because he was able to make decisions through communicating with others. By this, we can clearly see that history itself proves that great leaders must have communication skills to lead the members and followers to the right direction.  Moreover, leaders and politicians must have fluent communication skill in order to cooperate with other leaders and politicians of other teams, states, and nations. Leaders and politicians can be considered as a bridge between one society and another. Without any communication skills, leaders and politicians will not be able to effectively make peace or good decisions with other important leaders. Although some people might say it is most essential for leaders to have good personalities, this is a myth that is often proved false. For instance, I was surfing on the Internet because of a school assignment and came across a statistical data that was about many leaders of the world. It was told that over half of the prestigious leaders that we respect and praise today had very hurtful and dark childhoods that made their personalities very stony and cold. Even the founder of the apple company, Steve Jobs, and the founder of Disney animations, Walt Disney had very dark pasts, and some knew them as cold and logical. However, all of the leaders that we know had enough communication skills to cooperate with other teams and countries, and the good results of cooperation had nothing to do with good personalities. In the Cold war, America and Russia were a temporary team. They both achieved their benefits, although America was a democratic country and Russia was communist country. It is hard to believe that the leaders of America and Russia were good at cooperating and making good outcomes because of their good personalities. They did not cooperate with each other because they were warm-hearted and they were best friends. They cooperated with each other because each of their own benefits. Despite the differences the two countries had, they were good at communicating with other countries. This shows that communication skill is the most important factor for leaders and politicians to have.