What are the qualities of presidential leadership? What makes a president a great leader? The presidents were great leaders because they knew how to guide and to inspire the American People. The great presidents had leadership qualities such as possessing persistence like Lincoln, having resilience through education like Truman, demanding excellence like Kennedy, having sympathy or compassion like Lincoln, communicating and informing people like Reagan, being decisive like Grant the general, developing esteem like Franklin …showed first 75 words of 501 total…

…showed last 75 words of 501 total…any other political figure, the President of the United States of America attracts the scrutiny and passion of the American people. He is seen as the figurehead of the nation in times of national crisis and grief. There are many qualities of a Great President. Although, no president can possess all of them, but if he possesses enough of these characteristics, he could be added to the list of the greatest presidents in American History.