Leading Huawei: Lessons in Strategic Leadership

Running head: LEADING HUAWEI 1
Leading Huawei
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Academic Institution
Author Note
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Professor
June 12, 2023

LEADING HUAWEI 2
Leading Huawei
Critical Analysis
The first lesson is purpose driven ambition. In this context, tying the personal ambition of
the employees at Huawei is applicable. As part of the leadership, I would tell them success
stories of past and current senior managers who got promoted by aligning their ambitions with
the goals to make Huawei successful. Within the role theory of leadership, this will set
expectations about what role they will play within Huawei in order to achieve their ambitions
(Stowell, 2016). The second lesson is adaptive vision. I would apply this by encouraging
“creative chaos” in all levels of the company in order to allow for the creative input by Huawei
employees. This creates a culture of creativity with regard to customer satisfaction and
innovating new products.
The third lesson from Zhengfei is inspiration. Telling the employees under my direction
about my personal success stories while working with Huawei would be inspirational. This
would be part of leadership by example and would inspire them to follow me as a role model. A
managerial grid style of management where the employees would be committed to their job
assignments while I would be committed to ensuring they succeed (Maccoby, 2015). The fourth
lesson humble dedication. This would be applied by acknowledging that I may not know
everything as a manager but would be willing to work collectively with those under my charge.
This transformational leadership approach is important in getting the employees to focus on the
organizational goals of Huawei.
The fifth lesson is directive leadership. In this lesson, I would make clear demarcations of
where my authority is limited. I would encourage participative leadership by devolving some of
the decision powers to the junior mangers working under me. The sixth lesson is the cooperative