Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey

Joan Fong

Holy Family University Oprah Winfrey

Oprah 's leadership is not merely focus on achieving business success and popularity . Her leadership is characterized by having a good relationship towards her subordinates and making herself a good example for others . She highlights the fact that companies and corporations does not only exist to accumulate and earn profits but also to serve the need of the society which is part of their Corporate Social Responsibility

Her Early Life

Making her one of the

most influential people in the world , Oprah Winfrey has surely something in her that makes her what she is today . A broadcaster , actress , host , philanthropist , and a business woman Oprah had really made her name on top of the list of most celebrated , most idolized , most honored , and most successful people who touched and inspired other people through their exceptional deeds (Garson , 2004

Oprah was from Mississippi . She grew up in a farm and was raised by her grandmother . She was asked by her grandmother to read aloud and do recitations when she was just three years old . When she was six , she moved and lived with her mother in Milwaukee where she was abused and molested . When she turned thirteen , she left home . Eventually , she was sent to his father in Nashville . Though she was treated by his father with strict discipline , she said that such experience gave her so many lessons in life and that she learned to be always at her best (Garson 2004

Her early broadcasting career started when she was seventeen at WVOL radio . Afterwards , she worked at WTVF-TV as an anchor . In 1978 , she served as news reporter and anchor at WJZ-TV in Baltimore

Her stardom premiered in 1984 when she became the host of AM Chicago which was in 1985 reformatted , expanded and renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show (Oprah Winfrey , 2006 . In less than a year , her show became the most watched talk show in U .S . Since then , the talk show and the Oprah herself have been receiving awards and recognitions for television shows . In 1987 , her show was hailed as the Outstanding Talk /Service Program and she was awarded as the Outstanding Host by Daytime Emmy Awards . In 1987 , Oprah and her show got the same awards . She received the Broadcaster of the Year Award by the International Radio and Television Society and was labeled as the youngest person ever to have such honor (Westen , 2005

Yet , before she entered in broadcasting , she first starred in several films like The Color Purple , where she got an Oscar and Golden globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Native Son from a classic novel by Richard Wrights (Oprah Winfrey , 2006

Oprah as Business Leader

In September 1986 , Oprah entered the business industry and started producing her own talk show . Because of her outstanding character and personality , her shows were widely watched and patronized by national viewers claiming that Oprah 's shows are high quality entertainment...