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Leadership in Business Assignment

   

Added on  2020-03-23

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Running Head: Leadership in businessLeadership in Business

Leadership in Business 1Executive summaryThe purpose of this report is to provide a brief overview of the leadership styles which different leaders possess in their companies. Leadership refers to the ability of an individual to efficiently lead the company and gain the competitive edge in the market. It is the duty of the leader to take corrective actions and achieve competence. Further talking about the three companies Woolworths, Australian Post and Qantas and its CEOs, they adopted different leadership styles to run their business in the global market. The report also provides a brief comparison of different styles of leadership, success story of leaders and their leadership role in company.

Leadership in Business 2ContentsExecutive summary.....................................................................................................................................1Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2Point of Discussion......................................................................................................................................3Leader 1-Bradford Banducci........................................................................................................................3Leader 2-Ahmed Fahour..............................................................................................................................5Leader 3-Alan Joyce.....................................................................................................................................7Comparison of leadership styles..................................................................................................................9Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................10Recommendation......................................................................................................................................10References.................................................................................................................................................12

Leadership in Business 3IntroductionLeadership refers to the process of setting a vision and direction by a leader on the path of which the team shall follow. A leader is a person who is an insightful person and believes in working together by motivating and inspiring other to work efficiently. The report provides a brief overview of leadership style inherited in CEOs of company. It also discusses about their success factors and ways in which each leader is different from other. Further the activities of three leaders explained in the analysis are, Bradford Banducci (CEO of Woolworths), Ahmed Fahour (CEO of Australian Post) and Alan Joyce (CEO of Qantas). All three leaders are highly successful in their industries and have helped their companies to reach the peak by initiating theirleadership activities in business process (Clarke, 2013). Further talking about the CEO of Woolworths, Mr. Bradford Leon Banducci became the managing director and chief executive officer of Woolworths on February 26, 2016, but is serving the company since 2015. Before this, he was employed on director post in Woolworth group Liquor Company. There he served a period from 2012 to 2015. Mr. Brad actively makes use of features like flexibility, collaboration, situational etc. to initiate success of their business. Mainly they make use of Authoritarian leadership to gain competitive edge in the target market (Aydin, Sarier, & Uysal, 2013). Mr. Ahmed Fahour is an Australian Lebanese business who is the former managing director and group CEO of Australian Post. He became the CEO and new MD of Australia Post in the year 2009, before that he was the CEO of National Australian bank. Mr. Fahour planned to initiate sustainable communications business with the aid of digital mailbox, so it shall be noted that he

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