Leadership style
Leadership style of the individuals plays a major role in maintaining the efficacy of the organizational operations. The different approaches that are implemented by the leaders helps in framing the objectives of the business operations. The diversity in the leadership approach will be helping the organization in maintaining the efficacy of the operations as per the needs of the business. On the other hand, the role of leaders in upholding diversity management practices and critically designing different processes helps in enhancing the operations of the business enterprises.
The purpose of undertaking the discussion is to identify the different concepts of Goleman’s model and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions for assessing the chief leadership skills that are to be inculcated in the individual as per the situation faced by IBIS world. On the other hand, the discussion will also focus on identifying the personal development needs of an individual and thereby propose a personal development plan as per the Boyatzis Intentional change model.
The leadership style is defined as an essential element that boosts the performance of the organization as per the needs of the same. The identification of different cultural diversities in the workforce and mitigation of the issues that are faced by the same helps in maintaining the efficacy of the operations (Rao & Tilt, 2016). On the other hand, designing the processes through the utilization of design thinking methodology will be helping the leaders in upholding the efficacy of the operations of the business. The section will be emphasizing on the identification of the Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence and Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension models to identify the leadership role for critically designing processes and diversity management.
The organization lacks in the critical thinking methodology for designing the processes. On the other hand, the organizational management lacks ion the identification of the different issues that are faced by the people while working on the different processes that are esigfned by the entrepreneurs. Therefore, I must employ a set of emotional intelligence skills in order to identify the issues that are faced by the employees and thereby design the processes in order to suit the objectives of the business. The theory and framework of Emotional Intelligence by Goleman undertakes an evaluation of the different aspects of self and social awareness that helps the leaders in maintaining their efficacy of critical thinking while designing the processes. The regulatory factors that are being identified in the model are dependent on the self and social awareness factors (Shin et al., 2012). As per my case of working in IBIS world, the assessment of self awareness will be helping me in enhancing the emotional aspects. On the other hand, self evaluation will be helping me in understanding the leadership role that are required to be played in individual and social levels. The interconnectedness of my role in undertaking self evaluation helps the same in understanding the social implications and the market of the organization (Verburg, Bosch-Sijtsema & Vartiainen, 2013). The self- evaluation process will be helping me to evaluate the different possible changes that might be undertaken in order to enhance the operations of the business. On the other hand, social awareness will be helping me in understanding the different aspects of change in the organizational levels through the assessment of the changes in the market trends.
Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence
Self management quadrant of the model by Goleman will be helping me in understanding the efficacy of the operations through strong relations with the stakeholders. Relationship management as indicated in the theory is dependent on the enhancement of the leadership skills relating to motivation, empowerment and conflict management practices in order to facilitate the smooth functioning of the processes (Steers, Sanchez-Runde & Nardon, 2012). The different aspects of change that might be undertaken by me in the processes are based on the identification of the needs of the same while operating on diverse range of alternatives. The changes in the designing methodology that might be implemented on the organizational model are induced through suitable relations with the stakeholders, transparency in operations and empowerment. The model proposed by Goleman will be helping me in understanding the leadership qualities that are present in the individuals. It will also enumerate the manner in which the operations might be designed in order to facilitate the coordination and collaboration among the workforce. Mostly, the self and social assessment will be helping the leader in evaluating the organizational situation and the key areas where change might be induced. The organization, IBIS World, provides market intelligence reports to different organizations for ensuring the competitive edge in the different organizations. Therefore, the concerned organization is required to hold updated situation of diverse range of businesses and industries. The role of the leader in maintaining an updated knowledge of the industrial and organizational situations will be helping the same in designing the processes more efficiently.
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Factors |
Explanation |
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Individualistic/ Collectivistic |
The organization mostly operates in the different economies, which holds Individualistic culture. Individualistic culture has resulted to increased competition among the different individuals that affected the organizational performance. Therefore, I will be taking steps to introduce collectivistic culture in the organization in order to enhance the operations of the same. Collectivistic culture emphasizes on the individual needs and goals of the people as a group. It has helped in the development of my personality through enhanced collaboration and functioning of the different systems as per the needs of the business. The different changes that are undertaken by the organization is based on the identification of the needs of the people and thereby undertaking steps to fulfill the collective goals of the same. |
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Masculine/ Feminine |
The diversity in the gender values and the manner in which the regulations are framed depends on the cultural background of the society. The organization mostly undertakes its operations in masculine societies, which prioritize men over the capabilities of women. Therefore, it has restricted the operations of the organization while providing equal employment to both the genders in order to facilitate spontaneous innovativeness (Paustian-Underdahl, Walker & Woehr, 2014). I will be taking steps to induce diversity in the management through negation of discrimination relating to gender biases. It will be helping the organization in providing equal employment opportunities to the candidates. |
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Uncertainty avoidance |
The risks that are faced by organizations while operating in different international markets are based on the identification of the cultures and the manner in which the mitigation strategies might be framed in order to facilitate the smooth functioning of the business processes (Van Wart, 2013). The uncertainty avoidance schemes that are planned by the concerned business are based on the diverse cultural backdrops in which the business undertakes its operations (Marques, 2013). I will be taking steps to resolve the issues that are faced by the organization in order to facilitate the smooth functioning of the same. |
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Power distance |
The power distance in organizations refer to the hierarchical model and the manner in which the stakeholders or the managers might hold communication with the higher management authorities (Somech & Drach-Zahavy, 2013). The concerned organization holds a lower power distance structure in the model, which has helped the same in avoiding the different situations relating to conflicts in the workforce. Therefore, I will be maintaining the same culture in the organization in order to facilitate consistency of the business. On the other hand, the lower power distance will be helping the organization in maintaining the efficacy of the functions of the business through identification of different issues and mitigation of the same (Eisenbeiss, 2012). |
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Time perspectives |
I will be undertaking a long term planning for the sustainable growth of the same while operating in diverse international markets (Vaccaro et al., 2012). The key elements of the planning procedure that will be followed by me will be helping the organization in enhancing the operations and adhering to the requirements of the stakeholders. |
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Indulgent/ Restraint |
The organization operates in different nations where strict regulations govern the functions of businesses. On the other hand, the flexible nature of the concerned organization has helped the same in maintaining their efficacy while operating on the diverse regions (Santamaría, 2014). I will be taking steps to make flexible policies in order to adhere to the different regulations and legislations that are imposed by the different economies. |
IBIS World is a business analysis organization, which performs different primary and secondary research on the different changes that are encountered by the industry through the utilization of Information Technology. It has helped the concerned organization in assisting the decision making functions through consultation (Alison and Crego, 2012). IBIS World undertakes steps to assess sector trends, create taxonomies, calculates the size of markets, prepare forecasts and lastly develop industry models. The change planned by the organizations is based on the forecasts and the analysis that are done by IBIS World. On the other hand, the organizations undertake consultations with the concerned organization in order to enhance the operations of the same in the competitive markets in order to ensure the sustainability of operations.
Carmeli, Tishler and Edmondson (2012) stated that the different leadership qualities that might be inherited by the leaders are communicability, long term vision, influence, empowerment, adaptability, innovative approach and the decision making functions. The roles are played by the leaders in the different situations are dependent on the personality and approach that is being inherited by the leader. I believe that I have an enhanced skill of communicability, which will be helping to manage diverse workplace culture through suitable communication methods. On the other hand, the enhancements in the communicability have helped me in influencing the people and motivating the same to undertake the smooth functioning of the business operations. Induction of innovative approach in the workforce will also help me in enhancing the operations of the workforce as per the objectives of the concerned business.
Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension
Bolden (2016) stated that the continuous learning and adaptability of the leader helps the same in maintaining the efficacy of the business operations that is planned by the leaders. Empathetic role that is played by the leaders helps in enhancing the operations through the identification of the issues and the mitigation of the same. As per my case, I find difficulties in placing myself in the position of my fellow subordinates, which has affected my problem solving capabilities. It has also affected my critical thinking capabilities while designing the processes for the enterprise. It has affected my capabilities of managing different conflicts in the organization in order to support the smooth functioning of the business processes. The conflicts in the organization disrupts the workflow and create ambiguities in the processes which largely affects the productivity of the business. Therefore, conflict resolution is one of the chief activities that are undertaken by the leaders in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the processes. However, lacks of suitable empathetic approach has restricted my understanding of the root cause of the conflicts and bring forth changes in the organizational models. On the other hand, the lack of proper empathetic behavior has affected my understanding of the position that is held by the concerned organization and the key areas in which changes might be facilitated for gaining a competitive edge. The lack of empathy in my approach has also affected the diversity in the workforce, as they seemed to feel that I took biased decisions.
The long term vision has helped me in understanding the strategies that might be implemented in the organizational operations in order to enhance the processes of the same for maintaining its sustainability. However, lack of suitable decision making capabilities has affected the progress of the organization. The long term vision helped me in understanding the position of the business and the future prospects of the same. On the other hand, lack of suitable decision making capabilities has restricted the leadership role that might be played by me in the organization for making a continuous progression. Moreover, lack of adaptability in the different situations has affected the leadership approach that is being undertaken by me. It also affected the smooth functioning of the business organi8zation as per the needs of the same while operating in diverse international markets.
The utilization of the Boyatzis Intentional Change model will be helping me to identify the different activities that might be considered by me while devising a personal development plan in order to enhance my leadership skills. The first stage of the model will be helping me to identify the personality traits that I desire to inculcate in me for enhancing my operations as a leader. It will be helping me to identify a particular leadership trait that I desire to follow and thereby set an objective for the activities that I might undertake. The second stage of the model will be helping me to identify the person I am and the different strengths and weaknesses I bear. The identification of the strengths and weaknesses will be helping me to identify the different gaps between the ideal self and the real self. For example, I would like to develop my empathetic skills in order to identify the issues that are faced by the people. The identification of the gap relating to lack of empathy between my ideal self and the real self is portrayed through the assessment that in will undertake through the model (Bolman & Deal, 2017).
The third stage of the model focuses on the identification of different changes that might be undertaken by the individuals through the formulation of a personal development plan. The learning phase helps the individuals in identifying the different ways through which changes might be induced in their behaviors. The fourth stage of the model enumerates the different experiments that might be undertaken by the individual and the manner in which the individual might undertake steps to bring the theories to practice in order to enhance the leadership skills. The identification of different practices that might be undertaken by the leaders has helped the same in maintaining the efficacy of the leadership style as per the needs of the organization.
The fifth stage of the model exemplifies the steps that might be undertaken by the leaders in order to seek response from the subordinates on the leadership style in order to identify the degree of change that are manifested by the same. Five steps of the model help in the proper identification of the issues and thereby bring forth changes in the behaviors and approach of the leaders in order to enhance the business situations (Flores et al., 2012). The section will enumerate a detailed personal development plan for the better understanding of the issues that are faced by me and the manner in which I might utilize the model for bringing changes in the approach.
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Goals |
Activities |
Timeframe |
Rationale for the timeframe |
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Developing Empathetic role and mitigation of issues through conflict resolution |
· Communicating with different stakeholders · Identification of the issues that are faced by the stakeholders · Framing different mitigation strategies to resolve conflicts in the workforce |
1- 2 years |
The time frame is thereby selected as the development of the empathetic role requires a huge amount of resource and understanding issues through communication with the stakeholders. Communication requires a thorough consultation, which is a time taking process. |
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Consultation activities to strengthen decision making |
· Undertaking frequent consultation with the different stakeholders |
3 – 4 years |
The time frame is thus selected as the consultation with the stakeholders and decision making after assessment of the different prospects requires a huge amount of time. |
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Adaptability |
· Working in different workplace conditions · Undertaking urgent and time specific tasks |
5 years |
The time frame is thereby selected to build the adaptable nature in the personality of the leader |
Conclusion
Therefore, from the above discussion it can be concluded that the different flaws that are being identified in myself as a leader can be rectified through the formulation of a personal development plan. The discussion enumerates the different flaws that might be found in the leadership skills and the different cultural and emotional intelligence factors that are encountered by the individual. The identification of the different aspects of change in the personality is based on the identification of the gaps through the utilization of Boyatzis Intentional Change model. The discussion enumerates different models in order to identify the different flaws in the leaders while operating in the different organizational structures.
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