Leadership and Management – Assignment 3

Running Head: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Leadership and Management – Assignment 3
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1LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Executive Summary
A leader is referred to a person who is responsible for presiding over a group of people for
performing certain work based on the requirements and to be responsible for taking certain
important decisions for the benefit of the overall work and the associates working under him. A
true leader is the one who is able to bypass all the challenges and pressure and fulfil all his duties
and responsibilities professionally and diligently. However, in today’s world, with increasing
expectations from the organisations and governments, the leadership skill requirements also
include far more skills than just leading a team.

2LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................3
2.0 The Challenge of Leadership Today..........................................................................................3
2.1 Leadership in Today’s World................................................................................................3
2.2 Major Challenges of Leadership in Today’s World..............................................................4
2.3 Understanding the Needs and Challenges of Leadership in Complex Times.......................6
2.4 Recommendations for Improving Quality of Leadership Development Programs...............6
3.0 Conclusion.................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

3LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
1.0 Introduction
Leadership is an attribute or a skill of an individual that allows him to provide assistance,
guidance and instructions to his associates and team members. Generally, in a group activity or
venture, a leader is assigned who not only guides the team members but also represents the entire
team as a whole. The word ‘leader’ can be assigned to almost any field – the head of a family,
CEO of a company, the manager of a football team, president of a political party – all can be
called as leaders and mostly, the ones with the best ‘leadership’ skills is generally assigned
(Conger, 2015). However, leadership does not only require leading a team in literal sense, a true
leader also needs to be a team member first. In other words, the person needs to have all the
skills of a team member involved in the work before he can lead the team members. Hence, it
can be easily deduced that leadership is not an easy job – it is far more complex and demanding
than the challenges of a regular team member or associate. Moreover, with increasing
complexity and demands of the current day situations, the challenges of leadership are also
increasing rapidly.
The main focus of this report is leadership in the current world setting and the main
challenges it faces due to various internal and external factors.
2.0 The Challenge of Leadership Today
2.1 Leadership in Today’s World
While the basic fundamental of leadership has always been the same, there has been
significant changes in the nature and requirements that are expected from a leader. This is mainly
because the world is changing at a rapid pace – with the evolution of technology, the role of