Leadership Challenge: Selecting Team Members
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Leadership Challenge: Selecting Team Members
The leader of your client organization has observed a lack of flexibility and a slow decision-making process in many of the departments. He believes that he is not serving his customers well, and has decided to move to a team environment and to push many of the decisions to the lowest possible levels. In other words, he wants to create a team-based, empowered organization. Several of his best managers are resisting the idea strongly. They not only feel that many employees are not ready for the change, but they also believe that they personally could never change from a "command and control" style to allowing more participation (Nahavandi, 2006, p. 54).
Your client has asked you to prepare a 4-5 page report in which you address the following questions:
1. How should the leader deal with the situation?
2. How are leading and managing different?
3. Is the CEO trying to lead or manage this change initiative?
4. What arguments can he use to persuade his managers?
5. What can he do to help his managers change their style?
6. What are the implications of his actions and decisions?
7. What would you recommend to the CEO given your analysis of his approach thus far?
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// This paper will provide a guidance on bringing strongly knit team environment in the organization despite the resistance by the members of the organization, the role, a CEO of the organization plays in such a situation, the ways in which he persuades his managers, the help he can provide to his managers to change their attitude and help in bringing change in the organization for better results, the implications of his decisions and actions. Some recommendations will also be given to the CEO on his approach to bring such change.//
Introduction
It is a big challenge for a CEO if the managers are not willing to bring a change in the organization. The CEO wants to implement team environment in his organization because he is facing the problem of flexibility and quick decision making in the organization. The managers are resistant to change because they feel that the CEO is planning to implement the command and control approach. They do not want to change their habits of present working style, and also do not want to compromise on their old working habits.
The managers might be feeling this because they are thinking emotionally and not practically that the organization is suffering and is unable to present good results to its customers. It is very important to overcome the resistance and bring about a positive change in the organization successfully for the growth and success of the organization (Managing Change to Reduce Resistance, 2005).
//In the following section of the paper, a leader's approach to deal with the situations like employees' resistance has been discussed. Also the major differences between a team leader and a manager are explained.//
Leader's approach to deal with the situation
To bring a change in the organization and mentally prepare the managers for this change, a leader first of all needs to understand the reason behind the fear in his managers. Managers have a fear that the organization should not impose such change forcibly on them as this will not bring the effective results as were envisaged by the management. The leader should try to implement the change through psychological counseling. They should not be forced to change their habits but should try to transform them. The leader should share his aspirations and vision with the managers and communicate with them in an appealing and attractive way.
The leader should have conversations with all the department heads and he should ask them the way to apply the changes so that ...
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- MBA (IP), International Center for Internationa Business
- BBA, University of Rajasthan
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