Impact of Guillaume Faury’s Management Style on Workforce

This research analyzes the impact of Guillaume Faury's leadership skills on the organizational workforce and the innovativeness of Airbus. It examines Faury's management style, including his cooperative nature, extensive knowledge on engineering projects, and transformative attitude towards operations. The research also explores the influence of Faury's leadership on workforce productivity, employee satisfaction, and the rate of innovativeness. The findings highlight the importance of leadership in driving organizational success and the role of communication, inclusiveness, and adaptability in motivating employees and enhancing operations.

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Introduction
Leadership and management skills of the leaders supports the same in influencing the
operations of the workforce while operating in the different strategic objectives. In this relation,
the research will identify a leader and thereby analyze the impact of the leadership skills on the
organizational workforce.
Justification on the choice of person.
The leader that would be considered as a part of the research is Guillaume Faury, the
CEO of Airbus. The choice of the person is based on identifying the specific leadership skills of
Faury and the manner in which the same affected the operations of the workforce while
developing innovativeness in the organizational processes. The person is chosen for identifying
the experience of the same and the manner in which the same might contribute to the
innovativeness of Airbus after serving in companies like Peugeot and Airbus Helicopters (Airbus
2019). Therefore, the assessment of the leadership style of Faury would support in identifying
the manner in which the same might contribute to the enhanced innovativeness of Airbus being
the CEO.
The management style of Guillaume Faury
Guillaume Faury is known as a person who is cooperative with the workforce while
influencing the innovativeness of the organizations. Previously, he operated in different
leadership positions for engineering programs and flight testing in Airbus’ helicopter business
(Airbus 2019). Therefore, Faury accumulated huge knowledge on complex engineering projects
which supported the same n guiding the operations of the workforce. Extensive knowledge on
the engineering processes also supported Faury in supporting and empowering the activities of
the workforce while resolving the knowledge related issues that are faced by the same. In an

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interview, Faury acknowledged that there are exceptional changes in the aviation industry and
Airbus must take steps to develop its capabilities to improve the position of the venture in the
industry. It has been noted that Faury also aimed at re-motivating 130,000 staff after a
multinational bribery probe with the objective of enhancing the rate of operations of the venture
(Airbus 2019). Therefore, Faury clearly exhibited a transformative attitude towards the
operations of the venture while influencing and motivating the employees to operate as per the
strategic objectives of the venture.
Rodrigues and Ferreira (2015) opined that the transformational leadership style of a
leader supports the same in gaining the trust and loyalty of the customers while motivating the
same to improve the operations of the venture. The transformative leadership style of a manager
supports in developing the rate of innovative operations while redeeming the existing structure
(Birasnav 2014). On the other hand, Nguyen et al. (2017) opined that the long term vision of a
leader enables in improving the existing work processes in alignment with the organizational
needs. In this elation, the long term vision of Guillaume Faury enabled the same in retaining the
trust and loyalty of the employees through steady communication with the same and mitigation
of the issues that are being faced by the workforce. The mitigation of the issues that are being
faced by the workforce supports an organization in enhancing the rate of productivity in
alignment with the strategic direction of the same (Shurbagi 2014).
Guillaume Faury’s enhanced communication skills supported him in motivating the
employees while resolving the issues that are faced by the workforce. Faury’s adaptive nature to
different contingent situation is again an important considerations that might be made while
identifying the leadership role. Faury being an experienced executive has a profound knowledge
in managing workplace situations and thereby motivating the employees in different contingent

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situations which supported the same in developing a positive workplace culture. Ghasabeh,
Soosay and Reaiche (2015) opined that experience of the leaders and the knowledge on the
different processes enables a leader in maintaining the efficiency of the operations in alignment
with the needs of the venture. In this relation, the development of adaptive nature would support
Faury in enhancing the rate of operations while motivating the employees to perform with the
objective of achieving the strategic goal. Again, Faury exercised inclusiveness with the
objective of encouraging the involvement of the different stakeholders in the different
organizational operations. Therefore, the involvement of the different stakeholders in the
organizational operations would support the Faury in enhancing the rate of operations in
alignment with the strategic goals.
Impact of Guillaume Faury’s management style on the workforce
The leadership style of Faury encouraged the workforce in developing the innovativeness
of the operations while working on the strategic objectives of Airbus. Faury introduced open
door policy as the best practice of the organization with the objective of encouraging the
involvement of the employees in the innovative practices. Men (2014) opined that the
inclusiveness and the active involvement of the employees and the stakeholders in the
organizational practices would support a leader in maximizing the rate of creativity while
operating in the different markets. On the other hand, the enhanced leadership experience of
Faury has supported the same in resolving the challenges that are being faced by the employees
while operating in their respective job roles. Faury believes in team work which would again
empower the activities of the employees while working on the common objectives of the
venture.

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On the other hand, mitigation of the challenges through effective communication with the
stakeholders would support Faury in enhancing the arte of operations while maximizing the
creativity. Steady links of communication with the employees and the other stakeholders would
support Faury in maintaining the transparency of the operations (Long et al. 2014). Transparency
of communication would encourage the trust and confidence of the employees and thereby
increasing the rate of employee satisfaction. It has also being noted through an interview of
Faury that he relied more on Big Data, which enhanced the success factors which again worked
as a primary motivator for the workforce. The enhanced rate of innovativeness of the
organizations is reliant on data driven analytics. On the other hand, the innovativeness of the
operations are reliant on the constant supportive nature of Faury. Again, it has been noted that
Guillaume Faury is a charismatic personality through which he not only empowers the workforce
but also influence the operations of the same.
The induction of different technological changes might be resisted by the employees.
However, the charismatic and transformative leadership style supported Faury in improving the
efficacy of the operations while operating in the different departments. Enhanced rate of
communication with the stakeholders and transparency of the operations would support
Guillaume Faury in improving the trust and loyalty of the employees. On the other hand, the
motivation of the employees and mitigation of the issues that are encountered by the same would
support Faury in enhancing the employee satisfaction and productivity of the venture. Therefore,
the leadership style of Faury would support the same in enhancing the rate of innovativeness and
operations of the workforce through maximized involvement of the stakeholders from the
different levels.

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Conclusion
Therefore, it might be stated that the leadership role played by Guillaume Faury would
support the same in influencing the activities of the workforce towards the achievement of the
strategic objectives of Airbus. The report examined the leadership role of Guillaume Faury and
its impact on the workforce for identifying the major elements which affects the rate of
productivity among the employees.

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