Engineering Leadership: Traits and Styles of Hitachi's CEO Toshiaki Higashihara

Running head: ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
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1ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
Introduction
Leadership is a trait with which a
person is born. One may learn and acquire
knowledge about being a better leader,
however the character trait of leadership is
something which is inherent. There are
various kinds of leadership styles and traits
that a person may have.
Engineering Leaders are the leaders
who head innovative companies that
mainly work towards technical innovations
and engineering. The Engineering leader
chosen for this particular assignment is the
present CEO of Hitachi LTD. in Japan,
Toshiaki Higashihara [1]. He has been the
CEO of the company since 2016.
Six Leadership Skills/Traits
The leadership traits that are
adopted by Mr. Toshiaki Higashihara are
as follows-
1. Action Oriented Attitude- It has been
seen that Mr. Higashihara has brought a lot
of organisation changes during his
leadership. He has headed the Smart
Transformation Project Initiatives Division
at Hitachi Ltd. It is generally held that
people with very action oriented and
proactive attitude heads the project
initiatives division.
2. Visionary Operations- A successful
must also be a visionary leader who can
view and understand that part of the future
which other employees are incapable in
seeing. Mr. Higashihara has operated with
great visionary attitude which has made it
possible for him to become the CEO of
such a big organisation. Recently he has
received the “Leonardo International
Prize”. This is in acknowledgement of his
exceptional visionary qualities. His
contribution in the field of expansion
especially in Italy because f the promising
prospects in that area is one of the reasons
behind the award.
3. People and Skills building- Effective
engineering leaders not only guides other
employees but also aims towards building
other effective leaders. Mr. Higashihara