Chapter 15, Problem 5DQ

give a brief overview of some of the leadership approaches and  how these approaches relate to different change situations, such as during the pandemic.

Coercive, authoritative, affiliative, democratic, pacesetting, and coaching are the six leadership styles. Which leadership styles may be used to keep a positive working environment?

Discuss why managers might want to change the behaviors they engage in, given their situation, their subordinates, and the nature of the work being done. Do you think managers are able to readily change their leadership behaviors? Why or why not?

Some people resist change, whereas others welcome it enthusiastically. To deal with the first group, one needs to overcome resistance to change; to deal with the second, one needs to overcome resistance to stability. What advice can you give a manager facing the latter situation? Please discuss completely. Make sure to discuss the items that make individuals resistant to change.

Why is motivation to work, technology updates, and interpersonal relationships three greatest challenges that leaders will face in the next 30 years?

How can a transactional leader become a transformational leader? Support your statement.

What characteristics are important for transformational leaders?

How important are excellent leaders to organizations? If you were to ask the recently-retired 3M CEO George Buckley, he’d say extremely important. But he’d also say that excellent leaders don’t just pop up out of nowhere. A company has to cultivate leaders who have the skills and abilities to help it survive and thrive. And like a successful baseball team with strong performance statistics that has a player development plan in place, 3M has its own farm system. Except its farm system is designed to develop company leaders. 3M’s leadership development program is so effective that it has been one of the “Top 20 Companies for Leadership” in three of the last four years and ranks as one of the top 25 companies for grooming leadership talent according to Hay Consulting Group and Fortune magazine. What is 3M’s leadership program all about? About 10 years ago, the company’s former CEO (Jim McNerney, who is now Boeing’s CEO) and his top team spent 18 months developing a new leadership model…

If you were to formulate a slide or wall poster for your organization with two lessons from this module( leaders as catalyst of innovation)—from Levi’s and Bank Leumi—that you would like to see applied at your organization, what would those two key lessons be? Explain why those two are the most important for your organization.Once you’ve submitted your response, review your Organizational Leadership Team’s responses. Then, see if you as a group can formulate two common lessons about fostering a culture of innovation that apply across all of your organizations.