People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

Running head: CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP
People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Performance-related initiatives........................................................................................................3
Culture-related initiatives................................................................................................................3
Engagement-related initiatives........................................................................................................4
Recommendations............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
Reference List..................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
The company chosen is the famous retail brands in Australia called Wesfarmers. They
have one of the most well-developed work cultures. They make sure that they are taking all the
possible initiatives in order to promote the overall welfare of both their customers and their
employees as well. This is a very important aspect of modern day organizations. This is because
the nerve takes any of their responsibilities lightly. They always try to take and use the method of
job training so that the employees get the opportunity of learning along with carrying on with
their job.
Performance-related initiatives
Wesfarmers has started taking many innovative initiatives that will be helping them to
develop as one of the most important and well known companies in the industry. They are
recognized as the largest employers who provide employment to approximately 217000
employees. They are successful in providing employment to one in every 60 working people in
Australia. The greatest initiative that has been used by the company is giving an opportunity to
their people to develop their career and their performance at the same time (Group 2019). They
make sure that none of their employees is suffering in their career paths just in order to satisfy
their job-related duties. In order to improve their performance they provide the job-specific and
career development training opportunities that cover technical skills, customer service,
teamwork, leadership, and much more. They have adopted a new training and development
model that is based on innovation, simplicity, flexibility and collaboration. In order to make
sure that the employees are getting full guidance to improve their performance they provide the
bespoke 360-degree assessments and individual development plans for more than 60