Leadership Styles and Change Management

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Leadership styles and change management
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Executive summary
The aim of this report is to study the concept of leadership and change; leadership, as a practical
skill, includes several aspects like styles of leadership and models pertaining to the same.
Similarly, change theory refers to the way in which an organization implements change into its
operations, and the teamwork that goes into it. The paper can be divided into two segments; the
first part is a reflective account of my stint as the leader of a project management team at an
esteemed organization and the second part includes a case study on BBC Worldwide, and the
change theory that was implemented in the organization. Leadership may be defined as the way
an individual leads other individuals towards progress. To analyze the essential qualities of an
effective leader, both personal and professional traits have been discussed in the report.
Moreover, the implications of change management and implementation of change process at an
organization have been examined.

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Table of Contents
Task A:.............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction:................................................................................................................................3
Various aspects of leadership......................................................................................................4
Styles of leadership..................................................................................................................4
Aspects of leadership which determine its effectiveness........................................................5
An overview of the leadership style adopted by me....................................................................5
Effectiveness of my strategies as a leader...............................................................................6
Recommendations to enhance leadership skills in the future......................................................7
Task B:.............................................................................................................................................8
Introduction:................................................................................................................................8
Background of the case study......................................................................................................9
The change process......................................................................................................................9
The objectives of the process...................................................................................................9
The change process................................................................................................................10
Evaluation of the change achieved........................................................................................12
Lessons learnt from the changes achieved.............................................................................13
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................13
References:....................................................................................................................................14

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Task A:
Introduction:
Leadership may be defined as the way a leader guides or motivates his followers, and the
process of providing them with a direction. To elaborate further, it can be said that leadership is
the extraordinary capability of an individual by means of which he or she takes control of a
particular group of people (or a specific department within an organization) and leads it towards
a path of progress (Răducan and Răducan 2014). Leadership, to me, must have its foundations in
a vision for the future of the company; it should have a clear mission or direction and should be
for the greater good of the organization. I believe that it is the responsibility of the leader to
navigate a particular organization towards success and to ensure that its business objectives are
attained (Nanjundeswaraswamy and Swamy 2014). However, it must also be ascertained that no
two leaders can be same or adopt the same leadership style to lead his followers. Consequently,
this has given rise to several leadership theories and frameworks surrounding the prevalent
leadership styles (Sharma and Jain 2013). As will be evident from the following sections, the
personality of the leader plays a key role in any organization.
In September of last year, I was appointed by a reputed organization in London to lead
their marketing team during the launch of what was described as their premier product; during
this time, the marketing team was expected to draw a well defined marketing plan, highlight the
marketing objectives, formulate marketing campaigns and related strategies and finally proceed
to the execution of the plan. During this time, I was expected to lead a team of fifteen people; it
was quite a daunting task for me because I had not worked as the head of such an important