Effective Leadership in the 21st Century: Bill Clinton and the New Way to Philanthropy

Abstract

This paper looked into the effective leadership of 21st century leader through the life of former President Bill Clinton with respect to his background, political career, and how he transformed the way philanthropy was conceptualized and promoted to measurable result. Clinton’s success cut across various sectors, health, business, and agriculture. Through the CGI, Clinton was able to bring world leaders from the public, private, and non-governmental sectors to brainstorm on strategy and tactics to address the 21st century problems around the world. A new phenomenon to philanthropy was born through the Clinton Foundation that enabled Bill Clinton exemplified leadership through transformational leadership, understanding of his memes and the followers’ memes that enabled him to create a forum where actors from various sectors use as a vehicle to make commitments that are measurable. The success of the Clinton Foundation stemmed from Clinton’s ability to show a Level Three Leadership skill that encompasses understanding VABEs, congruency, empathy, faith, trust, and nonjudgmental demeanor towards subordinates and col-leagues.