In the movie 12 Angry Men, there were two different types of leaders among the jury. The first was the designated leader, the foreman. He was already appointed to be the spokesman of the group when we are first introduced to the cast of the movie. We can see from the beginning that he uses a democratic style of leadership more than any other style. He always wants to know if his fellow jurors agree with the proposed method of vote when a vote occurs. He seems to listen more to the other jurors than to provide and comments or opinion. From the beginning you can see that the foreman sits back and does not interact much with the somewhat uncontrollable group. Had I been the foreman I would have put more effort into getting some say about why they were voting guilty, and not jump into the voting of a verdict.
             There also seems to be a few emerged leaders throughout the movie. The first being the man who argues with any comments that opposes the boy's guilt. He seems to have a personal reason for seeing the boy sentenced to death. He tries to tell the others to vote guilty, kind of in an authoritarian way.
             The most important emergent leader was the eighth juror. He was the only juror to vote not guilty from the beginning. He used a laissez-faire style of leadership in that he only brought about inconsistent points about the trial yet he did not try to direct the individual jurors towards the not guilty verdict. The inconsistencies that he points out slowly convince the other jurors to vote not guilty. The one important leadership quality is his ability to stay calm and focused. He doesn't lose his temper like some of the other jurors.
             The first decision-making technique used by the jury was consensus. Some members of the jury knew that a decision was needed and they based their decisions on what the other jurors supported. Consensus takes and builds all members' opinions and values into the decisio...