Leadership Challenges in VUCA Business Environment

This document discusses the challenges faced by leaders in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) business environment and the role of servant leadership in addressing them. It also includes a critical evaluation of Kevin Johnson's leadership style at Starbucks, focusing on the company's financial performance and ethical challenges. Recommendations are provided for maintaining success and competitive advantage.

LEADING BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS

Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
REFLECTION.................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................6
Overview of the servant's leadership style..................................................................................7
Challenges associated with VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) business
environment.................................................................................................................................7
.Critical evaluation of Kevin Johnson’s leadership style ............................................................8
Why does Johnson have such a strong personal brand as an effective global leader..................9
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

TASK 1
REFLECTION
1.
a. The leader has question to themselves as with regard to be her in order to serve or get served.
This helps me as leader to have clear indication regards to my personal aim and objectives along
with organizational vision and mission.
b. The major two key aspects which is important in developing the leadership is about having
proper delegation of task for excellent communication and confidence. Being a leader, I think
this is important as it helps in building up honesty and creative innovation to dealing various
issues.
c. Leadership style helps in focusing on level of speciality along with developing traits and
behaviour of leadership. It is also considered to be disciplines which is having major level of
focus on making the leaders more level of successful.
d. VUCA is turning out to challenges go leaders to have effective evaluation of various business
environment. I think situational leadership and servant style will be more appropriate to have
proper dealing with VUCA in business environment. This is identified as the suitable level of
navigation. In addition to that the servant leadership is regrading proper adjustments in order to
fill up development level of the followers which is trying to influence.
e. The aspiring leaders make the proper level of understanding as to have proper level of building
over strength and weakness of their respective leadership style which makes themselves more
effective and balance in order to provide leadership to other. To have knowledge development
provides direction to achieves goals and objectives.
2.
a. The vision statement is something what the company wants to be in the respective future
successful along with clear understanding of different perspectives. In the other hand mission
statements is about small steps which makes company to have clear formation of strategy to
achieve vision.
b. Employee are considered to be important human resources in order to have developing the
mission along with narrowing the vision in more specific ways. There can be proper circulation

of values and alignment of variety objectives in more effective and efficient way to make
company to gain competitive advantage in market.
c. Leaders have major level of decision-making keeping in mind the various aspects of mission
and vision. They have major contribution in formation of goals and objective for motivating
employee to achieve organization mission and vision in effective and efficient
manner. Leaders are responsible for proper functioning of the organization.
d. The stakeholder has the direct and indirect relationship in order to have maintenance of the
company effective level of strategy. The leadership has the proper level of managerial the
aspiration of stakeholders which have clear level of allowing customer, suppliers and other
stakeholder to have the development business in more effective way.
e. The leaders have the different things which are majorly level of depending on various area of
activity along with roles and responsibility which is having the desire the level of goals and
desires. The leader has the major following task which is envisioning along with aligning
followers to have remaining the sense of measurement of core skill.
3.
a. The strategic leadership helps in managing the tension along with success level of daily task
implementation along with long term success of company mission and vision. This helps in
facilitation of strategic actions along with providence the direction and autonomy along with
proper level of risk taking for articulation of values and alignment of varsity objectives.
b. Change leadership have been considered the ability to have the level of influences and
enthusiastic by having the personal level of advocacy along with vision and mission which is
having access level of resources in order to have building up the major platform less to have the
respective level of change.
c. Organizational potential have been considered as the approach or effective energy to have the
further level of development in company. This is helpful in proper level of maintenance and
motivation in employees by examining different level of business situation and modification.
This is considered to be effective in achieving the organization strategy development for
respective missions and vision.
d. The business context is about the operation of company which is majorly effecting iotas input
and output level of logistics which is actuality impacting consumption of choices along with

development of individuals. The is ballistically the sector and various business aspects tarts is
needed to be development by company.
e. The leaders have depending on various area of activity along with roles and responsibility
which about the differential goals and desire. Leaders are responsible for proper functioning of
the organization in the respective future successful.
4.
a. It is about discovering different level of drives among the individuals in order to have
achievement of various level of goal and objectivists at both company and individual level. It is
the forces which is actioning on the arousal, direction, and persistence of goal-directed, voluntary
effort.
b. The categorizes are process theories and content theories. The latter are Maslow needs
hierarchy, Alderfer's ERG theory and former one Victor Vroom's expectancy theory, Adam's
equity theory.
c. The motivation in employee are the level of energy along with commitment and creativity
which is making the employee to have more level of effectiveness and efficient which will
increase the level of productivity. The economy has the major level of growing to have
motivation of employees along with shaving management concern.
d. Appreciative inquiry along with a proper level of management which is an approach majorly
focusing on identifying and analysing the proper level of management of in more proper manner.
This helps in moving in respective direction which focus of their specific direction.
e. The critical evaluations of the theories helps in facilitation of strategic actions along with
providence the direction by examining different level of business situation and modification
which is being considered to more effective in achieving the organization strategy development
for respective missions and vision.
5.
a. As per my potential level of leadership, I have analysed by myself having the following level
of disciple regrading situational leadership which helps me in more formation of strategies at
different and verticality conditions. In realizes it for myself as I am able to fit in different
development level along with influence and motivating others more perspective manner.
b. Strength is that it easily has recognition around need of flexibility along with creating
comfortable environment with the subordinates.

c. Weakness is that it has the major focus on the immediate level of needs rather than longer
term. The leadership is been considered to be ineffective in task orienteer environment.
d. I have analysis that there is weakness in communication skill along with proper level of time
management with regard to various task. I will develop a personal development plan.
Skills Resources Plan Time
Communication skill Notes.
Notepad
Different exercise
notes
guidance’s
To have proper establishment
of communication with batch
mates and my tutor which will
helps me to have proper level
of identification.
Practice various level of
communication exercise.
2 weeks
Time management Notes.
Notepad
Different exercise
notes
guidance’s.
To have preparation of proper
plan according to time.
Attending various level of
seminars
2 weeks
TASK 2
INTRODUCTION
1. Starbucks has been identified as the company which is better known for its quality of products
and services all around the world. The company have faces a large level of ethical and financial
challenges in the last decades which is being improved by the essential and effective steps of the
effective leadership by kelvin Johnson. The report has the major level of discussion in terms of
the servant leadership style along with its level of challenges in order to have proper level of
protecting the VUCA level of business environment. The repost will have followed up with
critical level of evaluations of CEO 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. There will be proper level of recommendation for Starbucks in

order to have maintenance of current success along with maintain appropriates level of
insubstantiality and competitive advantage into market. The reports ill makes the evaluation's is
regards to the strong personal brand as an effective global leadership of Johnson.
Overview of the servant's leadership style.
This leadership has been considered as the timeless concept as in this philosophy there is
proper level of interaction among with individual with others as they can be such as the
management or may be employee capacity along with following with aims to have achievements
the major level of authority rather than having respective level of power. This leadership has the
movement of the management along with personnel interaction to have synergistic relationship
along with development of various level of parties. On the other, the leadership have the several
levels of approaches as per the situation in company as per the perspective of a first servant
along with seeking roper level of addressing the requirement and propensity at more significant
level.
Challenges associated with VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) business
environment
This acronym which has been used by various level of leaders in all sectors of society top have
proper level of description around the nature of world they are actually working to having the
proper level of operation in more over accelerating changes along with lack of predictability and
inter correctness which can have the strong potentials' ability of misreading. These are the
elements have in context of the best level of organizational values in the view of currents the and
future state. There is major level of existence of voracious boundaries along with having proper
level of planning and policy management. The discriminative types of the challenges which has
been faced by the companies in having the proper level of development. The challenges are such
as-
Volatility is such as the change which are in nature speed along with volume, magnitude and
dynamic of change which is efficient the business in different of sub sensible aspects of
development.
Uncertainty is considered to the able in lacks of predictability is terms of measure level of issues
along with several events and prospectuses for surprise.
Complexity is about different level of forces along with specific level of confusion which is
having the surrounding in any specific level of organization.

Ambiguity is considered to the haziness of reality along with having mixed meaning of different
consolidation which is being effected better level of multitude forces which is more considered
to be out of control.
.Critical evaluation of Kevin Johnson’s leadership style
Kelvin Johnson is the presidents and the chief executive officer of the Starbucks as the
proudly being carrying the Starbucks as the passionate leaders having the legacy in maintaining
strong elements of human relationship. The company is majorly having the cravenness over the
core level of strategies in respects to their growth along with knowing more than 33000 partners
who are wearing the green apron and serving the better quality of services to potential customer.
The company is having proper level of implementation of the servants' leadership which have the
entailment of the leaders who is having the specific desire in order to have better level of serving
themselves in more specific manner along with meeting the specific needs of the company along
with mission and vision in more specific manner. As per the interview, kelvin have introduced
himself different from his predecessors along with he majorly revitalized the level of company
financial performance along with mainly tasking the major level of ethical challenges in
developing the different level of bushiness perspectives. The CEO have taken the level of the
latest move in his two years tenure with greased to open six to ten reserve store is able to have
scaler understanding and being more level of stability through financial discipline and returns
large level of cash to shareholders.
He has portrayed himself as the more data driven one along with analytical predecessor.
The is trying to have proper level of improvisation the customer services along with the large
level of innovate ideas which have consideration about to have unarresting over the cash in more
specific manner. The CEO also have the major working in proper level off identifying the proper
supports to its customer by increaser the level of transparency regarding the ingredients which
are being included in food time. There is majorly reduction of usage of sugar by almost 25% and
increasing the large level of healthy option in ode to have proper level of improvisation of
communication. Appreciative inquiry along with a proper level of managements which is an
approach which is majorly focusing on identifying and analysing the proper level of management
of in more proper manner. This helps in moving in respective direction which s focus of their
specific direction. Johnson has the quick level of apology to the racial discrimination which have
taken place Starbucks have proper level of instruction in regards in the company with having

extensive level of planning to have deliveries of the proper management of this type of
inconsideration cannot be taken place in environment. On the other hand, the negative impact of
the servant leadership in Starbucks has been identified as per the perspective of the employee.
Employee were not been abler to have consideration of themselves as important of company.
The leadership is not having the effective level of development of company current level of
policies along with lacks of motivation among the employees. The company is having major
impact is that the major level of employee is havering the literals meaning to make clear
understanding in business. There is majorly reduction of usage of sugar by almost 25% and
increasing the large level of healthy option in ode to have proper level of improvisation of
communication. Appreciative inquiry along with a proper level of managements which is an
approach which is majorly focusing on identifying and analysing the proper level of management
of in more proper manner.
Why does Johnson have such a strong personal brand as an effective global leader
Kelvin Johnson is the presidents and the chief executive officer of the Starbucks as the proudly
being carrying the Starbucks as the passionate leaders having the legacy in maintaining strong
elements of human relationship. The company is majorly having the cravenness over the core
level of strategies in respects to their growth and technology which is needed by the company to
have the effective development of leadership in more productive and efficient ways. After
through Starbucks in the year 2009the, the company has recorded over the large amount of
transformation; record setting experiences and growth. The leader is having the major level of
developmental in global level of operating businesses which are majorly having the corporation
of business function such as the marketing, human resources, technology and mobile and digital
6 platforms. The CEO have taken the level of the latest move in his two years tenure with
greased to open six to ten reserve stores is able to have scaler understanding and being more
level of stability through financial discipline and returns large level of cash to shareholders. He
has portrayed himself as the more data driven one along with analytical predecessor.
He has been identified as the major qualities of being global leadership be as of its amazing level
of leadership style which is having major level of contribution in developing the business in
different perspective and development in more effective way. The things that is making him the
global leaders is all about to have proper level of development by taking non defensive attitude

which is considered to be important of leader. It has setting up of appropriates tone which is
helpful in emphasizing pain which is being caused in specific situationist.
Te next is about having speaking and make proper understanding of refereed topic and take the
appropriates level of action which is considered as the good quality of leaders who is basically
allowing the patient listening. This helps in beginning the process along with dislodge and good
defensive discussion. The quality of applying is considered to have the proper level of personal
acceptability along with taking total level of responsibility with regard to financial and emotional
loss happen to victim. As the leader he is considered to be role model and having major larval of
acceptability in ways of setting proper level of standards and behaviour which is expected by
employee to have with potentials level of customers n more significant way.
Total level of monitoring along with taking major level of investigation considered to next most
important quality of Kelvin Johnson which is making him the major of all global leadership. The
has the proper level of investigation with regard to all guidelines which is needed to be precipice
in respective stores the world taking appropriates action to have fixing up of this is more
appropriate manner. This is considered to have beginning in way of impacting the values which
is helpful in making the business more level of flourished in making different perspective
business in imparting the signification level of values and providence them effective level of
leadership in more effective way.
Recommendation
The company have the involvement of diverse level of challenges which have the major
constellation with regard to have company specific level of moderate diversification which is
needed to be had. The coffee house business Starbucks is facing the major level of challenges
such as the competition, imitation, and social trends that oppose international players in local
markets. The company should have the appropriated level of developmental in terms of strategic
management concern which are such as the immutability of product as along with having major
level of correspondence in such level of threats in limitation and competitors. This has major
level of involvement of low-cost sellers along with movement of interdependence coffee-cups.
The next is that company should have the limitation in term of aggressive level of innovation
which is specially being considered in areas of product development. Innovation have making of
the more level of products which is facing major level of difficulty in order to have imitation. it
is more recommended for the company to have appropriate level of consideration greased to

have attractive level of pricing strategies along with level of attractive customers. This will helps
the company to have the major level of bundle pricing which is helping them to have proper
addressing of the threat of composition along with involvements in low cost sellers. The next
suitable recommendation is having the proper level of implementation of the creative level of
marketing along with more level of branding strategies in order to have incorporation corporate
images in more specific order which is being considered to be having more level of contribution
in community level of development. The development of such image will help company to have
development to have imaged in helping in level of reduction which is more of social; cultural
opposition which is developing the against company. The company is majorly being
recommended to have the focus in order to have minimization in terms of major negative
impacts which is having the major level of development of external and internal refactors which
can be helpful in befitting major level of challenges in company.
The company should have attending towards the better look over premium market which is
being considered as sound level of strategy. This is having major level of operation in niche
marketing which is making sample level of contraposition in development avaricious level of
business goal and objectiveness in more significant level.
The company is also to have the increased in level of customer loyalty by the level of benefit to
potentials customer in more specific way which is considered to more level of problematic in
nature. There should be proper level of technological development along with taking proper
tartare of ethical consideration in company which is making more level of responsible towards
the different level of development around business perspective. The company should have the
appropriated level of developmental in terms of strategic management concern which are such as
the immutability of product as along with having major level of correspondence in such level of
threats in limitation and competitors.
CONCLUSION
From the above file it can be concluded that Starbucks has been identified as the
company which is better known for its quality of products and services all around the world.
leadership have several approaches as per the situation in company as per the perspective of a
first servant along with seeking popper level of addressing the requirement and propensity at
more significant level. Kelvin have introduced himself different from his predecessors along
with he majorly revitalized the level of company financial performance along with mainly

tasking the major level of ethical challenges in developing the different level of bushiness
perspectives. Employee were not been abler to have consideration of themselves as important of
company. The leadership is not having the effective level of development of company current
level of policies along with lacks of motivation among the employees. Te next is about having
speaking and make proper understanding of refereed topic and take the appropriates level of
action which is considered as the good quality of leaders who is basically allowing the patient
listening. The company is also to have the increased in level of customer loyalty by the level of
benefit to potentials customer in more specific way which is considered to more level of
problematic in nature.

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