Assess and Develop leadership skills

Assess and Develop leadership
Skills

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................1
3.1 Appropriate methods to review current leadership requirements..............................................1
3.2 Plan for development of future situations requiring leadership.................................................4
4.1 Plan the development of leadership skills for a specific requirement.......................................5
TASK 2 ................................................................................................................................................7
4.2 Usefulness of methods used to plan the development of leadership skills................................7
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................9
BIBLIOGRAPHY..............................................................................................................................10

ILLUSTRATION INDEX
Illustration 1: Matrix of managerial styles ..........................................................................................2
Illustration 2: 360 degree feedback......................................................................................................3
Illustration 3: Management by objectives ...........................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Strategic management is a continuous process which includes various actions such as planning,
monitoring, analyzing and assessing various critical factors in order to meet the objectives and goals of
the firm. Leadership is all about motivating and leading people to achieve success by effectively
focusing on practical skills and research outcomes (Organizations and Departments. 2013). Leaders
are the one who guide workers and lead business to success.
This report will focus on work culture of Co-operative bank. It is a retail and commercial
banking that operates business in UK. Company headquarters is situated in Balloon Street, Manchester.
Further, it will stress on various methods that can review the current leadership needs. It will also focus
on various plans that can lead business to great success and improve the leadership aspects.
Furthermore, it will give insight on usefulness of methods that are used to plan the development of
leadership skills.
TASK 1
3.1 Appropriate methods to review current leadership requirements
There are number of methods that Co-operative Bank can adopt for effective reviewing of
leadership requirements. In this support, Blake and Moulton's managerial grid is one of effective
methods. Considering Blake and Moulton's managerial grid it can be said that, managerial and
leadership can be reviewed by focusing on results and on people (Doherty, 2009). While concerning
the results based review' management use it’s all strength to accomplishment of tasks in desired time.
In addition to this, it can be said that the management can focus on Blake and Moulton's managerial
grid in order to have proper review of outcomes. Strength can be used by manager in order to
overcome the strategic issues and Co-operative Bank operational barriers. On the other side, managers
focus on importance of employee needs and values. It can be understood by focusing on matrix of
managerial styles
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