Chicken run analysis by Vale

Chicken run
Movie analysis
This is a really good movie in which the leadership is present at all times. Through all the film, there are many characteristics and actions that differentiate the good leader from the bad one.
Since the beginning, when the hens are trying to escape from the farm, you can clearly see several types of leaders in the film. The main leader (Ginger) is always telling everyone what to do in order to try new ways of escaping; also, she is constantly sacrificing herself for her followers, since she is the one that always give the first step in all the different ways they try to escape and as the good leader she is, she does not mind getting caught and receives all the punishment, with the intention of saving her followers. On the other hand, the woman that owns the farm has a different leadership from the hen Ginger. She tries to impose fear to her followers and controls everyone in the farm by the use of a control list. Every day, she checks this list in order to see if all the hens are giving eggs and for those who do not, death is the punishment. Another characteristic that she shows is that she only cares for her, because she never considers everyone else´s feelings or points of view in the decision making and as a result, she only uses her followers. A third type of leadership shown in the film is the one from the rooster Rocky; he is a leader who first gains the sympathy from her followers in order for them to do whatever he says, because they want to and feel comfortable with and takes his leadership working hard, but also in a fun way. At the end, even though, he is scared to face his own problems, he reconsiders, following his values and comes back to do what it is right.
In this farm it is very visible how all the hens work as a whole group in an organized way and when they are motivated, things go really well. On the contrary, if one hen is worried or slower than the others, she receives help and protection from her other partners.
They all have their roles in the team very specified, as well, and as a good leader, Ginger consults others when taking important decisions.
In addition, there are negotiation strategies that hens use in order to get what they want. First, when Ginger helps Rocky, she gives him one condition to help him and threatens him: either he teaches all the hens how to fly or he is turned in to the owner of the circus and back to his past life. Another time when the negotiation strategies are present is when they make a deal with the mice: they give them eggs and he mice get all the tools they needed to build the plane.
Values are another important lesson that can be taken from the movie: friendship, sacrifice, support, loyalty, keep one´s word, hard work are some of the ones I could appreciate more clearly.
In the end of the film, all the hens can escape from that horrible farm where they had lived for ages thanks to a leader who had vision and directed all of them to freedom.
Personally, I think this is an excellent movie that can show us how to be a good leader and reach that entire one wants: one that cares for his group motivation, does not work alone and always takes care of the interests of the group instead of pursuing his own ones.