People Culture and Contemporary Leadership in Australian Cricket

This report discusses the crisis faced by the Australian cricket team and elaborates on leadership theories, traits, and qualities that can help develop a better leadership team. It also explores the impact of people culture on contemporary leadership.

People culture and
contemporary leadership

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Develop better leadership team and manage the situation which are face by the Australian
cricket:..........................................................................................................................................3
Characteristics and traits of leadership influence the performance of cricket team:...................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
People culture is referred to the way people interact with each other and influence each
other as well as make decisions together. People cultural is classified in three ways which are
dependent, independent and interdependent. In the contemporary leadership is a leader who
inspire employees and people to achieve the objective of organization. This report will study the
crisis of Australia cricket case study and elaborate the leadership theories and their nature and
importance as well as traits of leadership which helps in improve their leadership team.
MAIN BODY
Develop better leadership team and manage the situation which are face by the Australian
cricket:
Leadership is important in the cricket team but in the case study of Australian cricket is
determined the lack of leadership so, the Australian cricket team need leadership skills and
leadership qualities which are important to manage the teams and group of cricket. There are
various qualities which must follow by the Australian cricket team.
 Self control: The Australian team captain has not the self-control because captain is
doing unpredictable behaviour with the team so, captain have controlled themselves
because self-control are important in the leadership and that can show the leader of the
field. By the self-control captain can manage and handle the team easily without any
misbehaviour and frustration.
 Cooperation: in the case study, there is the lack of cooperation in the leaders and team
so, they should use cooperation qualities for the better development in the team and
manage the situation. The good leader should understand the cooperative effort and
influence to the team for playing in a team as well as play for each other (Bandura and
Kavussanu, 2019). Leader or captain should include the players in the decision-making
process which helps them in playing better and motivate them.
 Mastery of details: In the leader positions, a successful leader is also known as mastery
of leader. In the Australian cricket case, there is lack of mastery details in the cricket
team, so they should develop the mastery details in their team. In other words, it means
that leaders and caption should know about their players and team members as well as

leader should know their roles and position in the cricket field and their opposition teams.
In the cricket team, bowler and batter also know about their weaknesses and strength as
well as their physical capabilities so, it can support team for playing better according
their condition and situations.
The Australian cricket team should start the training programs for the team and players
and this program should focus on developing the six core in their personal behaviour and
personal development which include the excellence, respect, enjoyment, team work, honesty and
resilience (Lord, 2020). This program helps in understanding the players about the self
awareness and develop the better leadership in the individual players.
Leadership theories:
Australian cricket should apply the leadership theories which helps captain and Australia
cricket to develop the better leadership and manage the situation.
 Contingency theory: The contingency theory provide ideas for become the success
leader in the specific situations, this theory consider the various factors which are
personality of leader and the structure of the group that will led by leader (Ayman and
Lauritsen, 2018). In that situation Australian cricket should apply the Fielder's
contingency theory because it helps in understand the team members as well as
understood that they have confidence or not. They help to know who plays and who
doesn't. In that leadership theory, leader have high power position.
 Situational leadership: in this leadership approach, they are focus on the flexibility
which helps in leaders to adapt the situation that can be need of followers and the
demands of the teams. So, the Australian cricket team should follow the situational
leaders for better development. Team follow the leaders in every situation as well as
sometimes not willing to follow but this theory helps players to become inspire and
motivated from the leaders. Players follow the leader's achievement's as well as also
influence the team for playing better like a leader or captain of the team.
 Transformational theory: the transformation leadership theory is theory where every
leader work with the followers and their teams as well as influence the team and inspire
them for the achievements. So, the Australia cricket can also apply this theory for the
better achievement in the cricket fields (Yavuz, 2020). In this theory, leader can work
with their team, identify changes which are needed and guide players through the

motivational and influence the team players. In this theory leader behaviour can influence
the team and inspire them to play cricket with their abilities and capabilities so, its will
helps in achieve the unexpected result of Australian cricket team.
 Behavioural leadership theory: The Australian cricket should apply the behavioural
leadership for managing the situation as well as it helps in develop the leadership team
because there is a lack of behaviour in leaders or team captain. The captain of team
misbehaving with the team which is not sign of good team leaders (Muthimi and Kilika,
2018). This theory focuses on the leaders action that how they are behaved and their
behave traits are followed by the other member of the team and it is also called as style
theory. There are various benefits of the theory that leader can learn how to behave with
the players and it is flexible so, everyone of team member can become the leader of team
and it will lead success in their Australian cricket as well as helps in achieve their goals
of cricket team.
Characteristics and traits of leadership influence the performance of cricket team:
There are various characteristics which helps in influence the team players in cricket team
 Confidence: Confidence are important traits which are need in the team players because
without confidence they cannot achieve the results, so good leader or captain should
know how to show confidence in front of teams that helps in get their team to feel more
confident that's why team captain should be confident and explore their confidence in
their team which helps in getting better result. Captain should struggle for inspiring their
teams members for perform well in the cricket fields.
 Compassion: in the compassion traits, A leader treat every team players as individual
and influence them to perform well for the cricket team (Sriyakul, 2019). The lack of
compassion bring team together for playing as well as lack of compassion are necessary
to understand the talents of individual team player and require of each team member.
 Communication skills: Leader should have good communication skills for influence the
team by speech and motivate them through their communication. A good leader know
how to communicate with the team for motivate and inspire them for perform well.
 Making decisions: leader should take some decision which are not favour in some team
members and it is tough for the leader because they make decision on the basis of

compatible. They have to take decisions for cricket team on the fact and performance of
team rather than the personal relationships and emotions.
 Selflessness: it is the most desire trait and characteristics of good leaders. In further
aspects, selfishness is the sign of bad leader. A good leader always puts their team need
before their own needs. A good captain always think about their the rather than own so, it
can also help in influence the team and perform better for the team because they follow
their captain and leader and inspire team members by the captain sacrifices.
 Creative environment: A good captain should able to create the good environment for
the team which helps in influence and inspire them (Shahzad and Raja, 2020). A leader
can develop or create the friendly ad familiar environment for the team because it helps
in getting team together and achieve the result. Furthermore, if environment are not good
between the team players and their would be conflicts and misunderstanding which could
be result in failure and team leader or captain are responsible for that so, leader should
create the good environment for influence player as well as bring out the creativity of
their team players.
 Delegate the responsibilities: It is difficult to manage the team by single person so,
caption should delegate their authority and responsibilities to other players which helps in
motivate them as well as influence them for playing together in the team. The captain and
leader should take responsibilities of delegate the powers and something happen in the
cricket field.
 Respect: A good captain respect the all players which are plying in the cricket team is
important because it also helps in influence them for playing better (Nikjoo, 2021).
Respect can ease the conflicts and tension of team members and helps in develop the
create trust as well as improve the efficiency in their performance and game. It shows the
people culture and their leadership qualities which helps in influence the team player.
CONCLUSION
In the conclusion, people culture and contemporary leadership consider the behaviour of
leaders and their personalities. This report is discussed on the case of Australian cricket. As the
conclusion, this report shows the manage crisis situation that impacted on the Australian cricket
as well as consider the leadership styles and theories which helps in develop better leadership

team for the Australian cricket. It also considered the traits of leadership for influence the
performance to achieve the goal of cricket team.

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