#9 "ROME"

 Rome

    Julius Caesar, Constantine, St. Peter, Nero, and St. Francis all have one thing in common. That being said they were all amazing leaders. However, they all lead in a different way. Julius Caesar was a very bold and ambitious leader. He rose through the ranks of Roman politics and military, and he gained fame for his famous conquest of Gaul. Caesar aimed to centralize power and address economic inequality which eventually caused him to be assassinated. Constantine shows a different leadership style in the way he leads with spiritual conviction and alliances. However, Nero was completely different from these leaders. He leads with a huge ego and cruelty to his people.

 Storytelling in leadership has a huge effect on how others see you. If people tell a terrible story about you then other people won't want to follow you. For example, if I am a mean person and treat my friends badly. Then in turn my friends will tell people about how I am and that will make me lose friends or future friends. So this shows that storytelling is a huge deal to a leader. As a leader, you always want to be the good person in the story so you have to try your best to be portrayed as good all the time. This can be an enormous pressure if not handled correctly.

 As a leader, I want to create a legacy of kindness and friendship. I want to be a leader that people always say is super kind and genuine to everyone. This would create a legacy of being a friend to everyone that no one could say bad things about. Sometimes I have moments where I'm cranky or don't want to do something. In those moments I can come across as mean but then I think that even a small action like that can affect my legacy. So I try my best to always be kind no matter what.

 I think the Roman leader that I can identify with the most is Constantine. We share the same Christian values and I feel like we are the most similar in leadership style. He often brought leaders together to achieve one goal. I find myself doing this a lot. I like to gather a group of people and collaborate to get our goals done. I feel that this is the best way to achieve our goals because you get different ideas from everyone. This is why I feel that Constantine is the Roman leader I identify with most.