Leadership Styles in VUCA Environment

Leading Business
Organisations

Table of Contents
A Reflective Statement....................................................................................................................1
1. (a) The two fundamental questions that leaders need to ask themselves...........................1
(b) The two key aspects of leadership....................................................................................1
(c) The leadership theory........................................................................................................1
(d) Two different leadership styles in VUCA environment...................................................1
(e) The aspiring leaders need an in-depth understanding of a range of leadership styles......1
2. (a) The organisational mission and vision..........................................................................1
(d) What contribution do stakeholders make in executing the mission and vision................2
(e) The aspiring leaders need to be able to evaluate the contributions of the above..............2
3. (a) Leadership strategy.......................................................................................................2
(b) Change leadership.............................................................................................................2
(c) Organisational potential....................................................................................................2
(d) Business context...............................................................................................................2
(e) Leadership strategies that can be applied in in a variety of different business contexts...2
4. (a) Motivation theory..........................................................................................................3
(b) Two categories of motivational theories...........................................................................3
(c) Contemporary team for employee motivation..................................................................3
(d) Appreciative inquiry technique.........................................................................................3
(e) Range of motivational theories ........................................................................................3
5 Covered in PPT....................................................................................................................4
A Power Point Presentation.............................................................................................................4
A Management management report.................................................................................................9
Introduction......................................................................................................................................9
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................9
‘Servant’ leadership style and the challenges associated with practising it in the volatile,
uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment....................................................9
A critical evaluation of Kevin Johnson’s leadership style focusing on Starbucks improved
financial performance, its ethical challenges and the views being expressed by some of its
current and former employees?............................................................................................10
Johnson have such a strong personal brand as an effective global leader............................13

Two recommendations as to what you believe Johnson could do to build on his current
success and maintain Starbuck’s sustainability and competitive advantage........................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................17

A Reflective Statement
1. (a) The two fundamental questions that leaders need to ask themselves.
Basically the two fundamental question are below.
 What kind of things motivates me to lead
 Which type of leader I am?
(b) The two key aspects of leadership.
For having a successful leader, the two key aspects of a leadership are below.
 Task assign ability:- The leaders should have a particular vision so that they can prefer
to the work by themselves in order to reach the vision.
 Excellent communication:- The leader must be well expressed in communication
 (Doppelt, 2017).
(c) The leadership theory
The leadership theory basically focuses on the leaders what they do and the style
approach focuses on the behaviours and attribute of leaders. It consist situational, system and
contingency leadership theories.
(d) Two different leadership styles in VUCA environment.
 The leader must be equipped mentally and emotionally for risk via using democratic
leadership style.
 The leader must ready for challenging environment by using strategic leadership styles.
(e) The aspiring leaders need an in-depth understanding of a range of leadership styles.
The aspiring leaders are need to understand because it provides the direction to the lead
and to motivate people.
2. (a) The organisational mission and vision.
The mission state the approaches and objectives to reach the aim. The vision state the
desired position of the company for future.
(b) What contribution do individuals typically make in executing the mission and vision?
The individuals should set the objective and goal then are execute and evaluate the
performance to reach the aim.
(c) What contribution do leaders typically make in executing the mission and vision?
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