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Analysis of Leadership in Monster Inc

In Monsters, Inc., leaders reflect Path-Goal Theory: Sulley shifts from supportive to achievement-oriented, while Waternoose is directive—each showing strengths, flaws, and growth paths.

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As a team, we discussed which theory was more relatable to the movie and the leadersin it. We chose Path-Goal Theory, this theory helps followers move along paths toachieve work and personal goals. There are four types of leadership in this theory, andthey are Directive, Supportive, Achievement-Oriented, and Participative Leader.In the movie Monster Inc., the leader is James P. Sullivan. At the beginning of themovie, he is a Supportive and Achievement-Oriented leader. He is in a position ofsuperiority in comparison with his coworkers, and, from that position, he is encouragingother monsters and complementing them to make the environment more friendly. Onthe other hand, he is trying all the time to scare as many kids as he can so the companycan produce energy.We could say that his real weakness is being too compassionate because he startshaving feelings for Boo and wants to take care of her. For that reason, problems startednot only in the company but in the whole city. In addition, that also separated him fromhis best friend and assistant Mike Wazowski. Also, he is too complacent withWaternoose and that prohibited him from seeing what he was doing with Randal behindthe scenes. Sullivan's strength is the capacity for adaptation after he and Wazowskidiscovered Waternoose's plans and sent him to prison, he finds another way to makethe factory work again without scaring kids but making them laugh.The leader overcame his weaknesses by confronting reality and putting his fears aside.He takes care of the situation without having compassion for the bad people.Waternoose is another leader in the movie, he is an autocratic leader, he is only focuson get the kind scared to be productive and get as much energy as possible. He is alsofocused on maintaining the kids inside of their doors and not letting them out by anycircumstances. From a perspective of Path-Goal theory we can say Waternoose is aDirective leader, he lets his employees know what is expected from them, he givesdirection all the time, maintains standards. We can see this clearly when he is trying totrain monsters to scare kids, he gives directions of how to do it. He tries to set standardsclose to Sullivan's performance. The strength of Waternoose is that he has the ability toact normally while he is taking actions that can be dangerous for everyone behind thescenes, this is no something good from a moral point of view, but is a strength that hehas. One weakness is that he is to greedy, and that does not let him see that he can bediscovered by anyone-

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