Case Study on Leadership in Business

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Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Analysis of the project success aspects...........................................................................................3
Lewin’s 3 stage model.....................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
From the case study, it is understood that Webasto Roof Systems in US was suffering
from some financial and operational issues, which not only reduced the profit level but also has
created difficulties for the organization to create a sustainable place in the market. To overcome
these issues, the leaders of the organization play vital roles through implementation of a project
named SATURN to focus on the sustainable practices that can create positive impact on the
business functioning. The use of McKinsey’s 7 process model also has helped in the
management of strategies and staffs to enable proper functioning of Webasto Roof Systems
though effective leadership skills (webasto.com, 2017).
Analysis of the project success aspects
According to the case study, it could be understood that one of the major aspect for
overcoming the financial and operational issues faced by Webasto Roof systems had been the
use of Sustainable Americas Turnaround or SATURN. It enabled transparency with the
customers and allowed the organization to develop good relationships with them to know their
needs and preferences. The leadership skills were furthered facilitated with the McKinsey
conducting a survey to obtain a shared vision and develop strategies by improving the
organizational structure too. The company achieved heights of success because of the major
leadership skills that were possessed by the managers of the organization (Pruzan et al., 2017).
The leaders made good decisions by considering the views and opinions of the employees by
inviting them to become a part of the decision making as well. This kept them motivated and
encouraged to perform better and improve the organizational effectiveness too.

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Webasto not only achieve success through greater leadership but also with the help of
introducing global corporate program named ONE Webasto, which supported various courses
and trained the workers of the organization by allowing them to focus on long term direction and
fulfill the demand and preferences of marketers, customers and even benefit the society. All
these had been achieved through proper maintenance of organizational values and beliefs that
were promoted by the leader too (Selcer, Goodman & Decker, 2012).
Lewin’s 3 stage model
The Lewin’s 3 stage model consisted of unfreezing, changing and refreezing stages. The
unfreezing stage allowed the leaders to promote effective communication and make employees
informed about the changes made within the organization such as implementation of corporate
programs. The changing stage helped them to learn new behaviors, values and derive good
understanding to think creatively with the unprecedented support by the leader. This had kept
them motivated and made the accept the changes by performing to their potential (webasto.com,
2017). The refreezing stage enabled to implement changes wisely and ensure that the changes
were managed consistently. The rewards and acknowledgement for better performances were
provided to the workers of Webasto Roof Systems to keep them motivated to perform better and
ensure continuous change and improvements all throughout.
Trust between leaders and employees is essential and the leaders of Webasto had trusted
its employees and rather than scolding or criticizing them for their bad performances, they were
allowed to rectify. The leaders influenced them by guiding them in the right direction and
achieved the business goals and objectives with ease and effectiveness. Proper training and
developments sessions were provided as well to enhance their skills, knowledge and expertise

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within the workplace of Webasto Roof Systems, US (Nahavandi, 2016). To engage the
employees collaborative events were held by the managers of the company so that all the
employees could discuss about certain matters and provide their views and opinions to foster
innovation and creativity for the success of the organization. The democratic leadership skills
among the leader of the organization helped in considering the views and opinions of the
employees and ensure that proper decisions were made for ensuring success of the project.
Therefore, these are the various aspects of leadership and commitment by the leaders of Webasto
Roof Systems that have brought success for the organization and the compelling project worked
efficiently (Pruzan et al., 2017).
Conclusion
The report was developed to focus on the various aspects of leadership in business and
how it had made the critical and compelling project run successfully. The success of the project
was determined with the consideration of various leadership skills present among the leaders of
Webasto Roof systems. The Lewin’s 3-stage model for change helped in identifying the various
actions taken by the leaders during the stages of unfreezing, changing and refreezing. The trust
and loyalty among the leaders and employees were essential, which had been further influenced
with the consideration of responses of employees and making them feel valued for the
organization. Therefore, it could be concluded that the leadership skills and aspects had helped in
making the compelling project become successful for Webasto Roof Systems, United States.

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References
Nahavandi, A. (2016). The Art and Science of Leadership -Global Edition. Pearson.
Pruzan, P., Pruzan-Mikkelsen, K., Miller, D., & Miller, W. (2017). Leading with wisdom:
Spiritual-based leadership in business.
Selcer, A., Goodman, G., & Decker, P. J. (2012). Fostering Transformational Leadership in
Business and Health Administration Education through Appreciative Inquiry
Coaching. Business Education Innovation Journal, 4(2).
webasto.com. (2017). Webasto.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017, from https://www.webasto.com