Contemporary Issues in Authentic Leadership

Identify contemporary issues of leadership
Gender issues: It is identified that male and female leaders highly
differ from each other in context to leading their teams.
Impact of national culture on leadership style: It is not possible
for leaders to select the appropriate leadership style according to
their own wish.
Authentic Leadership
Analyse contemporary issues
• It is analysed that all these issues affect the operations and growth of an
organisation as they lower down the profitability.
• It is noted that Unilever also faced problems during pandemic which are
undertaken by developing effective strategies.
• Gender issues in leadership should be eliminated as female leaders of Unilever
handled the the Covid 19 situation in effective and efficient manner. All those
pandemic related issues are resolved by selecting best alternatives which assist
in maintaining proper standards of operations.
References
Mhatre, K.H. and Conger, J.A., 2011. Bridging the gap between gen x and gen y:
Lessons from authentic leadership. Journal of leadership studies, 5(3), pp.72-76.
Recommendations
Organisations should provide support to their leaders by providing
them resources and trainings according to the requirements.
It should be noted that Unilever can increase and improve the
skills of their employees by arranging sessions which make their
leadership functions more effective.