LEADERSHIP

Leadership



Leadership

Introduction

The chosen personality is Nikolas Sarkozy

No.

Characteristics of a Leader

Your Chosen Leader

No.

Qualities of a Good Leader

Your Chosen Leader

1

A successful leader has the ability to communicate well

Yes

1

Self confidence and belief

Yes

2

A successful leader has to form one on one relationships

Yes

2

Self awareness and self mastery

Yes

3

A successful leader is a good listener

Yes

3

Patience

 

4

A successful leader surrounds himself/herself with like-minded people

 

4

understanding and empathy

 

5

A successful leader refuses to let others dictate how they should do certain things

 

5

Attentiveness

Yes

6

A successful leader knows how to identify his/her strengths and weaknesses

 

6

Integrity - always maintain your integrity

 

7

A successful leader has the ability to acknowledge the need to change

 

7

Decisiveness

 

8

A successful leader displays high level of optimism and confidence

 

8

Takes initiatives

 

9

A successful leader is patient

 

9

Responsibility - you alone are responsible for 100% everything

 

10

Successful leaders are passionate at what they do

Yes

10

Power of influence

Yes

Immediate Supervisor

Me immediate supervisor displayed the following qualities:

A successful leader is a good listener

A successful leader has the ability to acknowledge the need to change

Successful leaders are passionate at what they do

Attentiveness

Takes initiatives

Power of influence

My immediate supervisor is always sure about himself. He is a self assured man. He is always taking initiatives. If there is a problem, he is always the first one to identify it. He not only identifies the problem but always comes up with the solution too. He is charismatic and has a great influence on all the people reporting to him.

Yes my supervisor always makes decisions, and he is and responsible for managing majority of workplace changes in our domain. There was a scenario when the marketing manager in our domain had to decide on a certain pricing strategy. There was one which made more sense in terms of greater market penetration. And there was another whereby the company was charging a little higher than the previous pricing strategy but was ensuring long term retention of customers. It was my supervisor's decision to go with the latter and we have seen over a period of time that his strategy was a well chosen decision.

Our organization is very particular and each decision taking by any of the employer can cost them their job for every employee is accountable for all their actions. My supervisor took a risk but it worked out in the favour of the company and paid off in the form of increase in the percentage of repeat sales.

Organizational Structures

No.

Mechanistic

Organic

Hybrid

1

Policies and procedures are strictly adhered to

The rules are not as restrictive as in the mechanistic organizational structure

The policies and procedures are there but the employees enjoy little bit of empowerment

2

The structure of management is very rigid

The structure of management is not rigid

The hierarchy has to be followed but the people are approachable and can be consulted even outside the hierarchy

3

Employees specialize on their job role

Employees perform cross-functional roles

The employees work on specific projects related to their job. However, sometimes they are given work that is different from their routine job

4

Limited mobility of employees

Employees are free and empowered

The employees are free to make ...