Role of Authentic and Transformational Leadership in Change Process of Tesco Plc

Leadership Theory and
Practice
CASE STUDY - 2

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................2
Evaluation of role of authentic leadership in the Tesco Plc change process...............................2
Evaluation of role of transformational leadership in the Tesco Plc change process...................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Leadership model is a theoretical framework which state how the management of the
company can manage its employees at best level (Fox, Davis and Baucus, 2020). The leadership
model basically provides the useful structure which define management methods that fit with the
working style of company. The present report is based on Tesco Plc which is one of the leading
and second largest retailer of UK. The report will explain and evaluate the application of
authentic leadership model to a change process of Tesco. Lastly, the report will also evaluate the
role of transformational leadership in the change process of Tesco Plc.
MAIN BODY
Evaluation of role of authentic leadership in the Tesco Plc change process
Authentic leadership is of the style of leadership which focuses on ethical and transparent
behaviour from leaders where open sharing of information is encouraged while accepting input
from followers in order to fulfil the need of effective decision making. With regards to views of
experts, authentic leadership involves the participation of leaders and followers both at the time
of decision making by creating room for followers too. Tesco being a supermarket giant adopts
several leadership styles for fulfilling numerous of its needs arising from varying situations
taking place in its organizational system (Qiu and et.al., 2019). Authentic leadership model is
one of such leadership styles through which change process is managed by leaders by being self
– aware, genuine and transparent. The change process is greatly affected in every organization
due to the influence of several stakeholders such as employees, management, suppliers,
government, society, customers, etc. Out of these stakeholders, employees are considered as the
most influential stakeholders of the change process within Tesco during and post pandemic era.
It is the authentic leader who are able to inspire trust and loyalty in their employees by
understanding the needs of employees and making every effort to make them understand how
they can fulfil their needs through enhanced performance as a result of adopting change.
Tesco has achieved appreciable performance as a result of adopting authentic leadership
style in implementing change several times because this leadership style plays a significant role
in eliciting positive change within the organizational set up. Authentic leaders are able to
encourage its followers well in terms of following their leaders due to having genuine desire
towards serving others and leading from core values. Also, authentic leaders are having the skills
needed for being morally grounded, responsive towards the need of its followers and transparent
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