Leadership Traits and Challenges of Bradford Banducci (CEO WOOLWORTHS)

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5/6/2019

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Contents
Task 1......................................................................................................................... 2
About Bradford Banducci (CEO WOOLWORTHS)......................................................2
Leadership trait that of Bradford Banducci for Woolworths.....................................2
Relevance of transformational theory.....................................................................2
Challenge faced by Bradford Banducci during leadership.......................................3
Lessons learnt from the Bradford Banducci Leadership..........................................3
Task 2......................................................................................................................... 4
Answer 1: Outback’s leaders motivate their managers and staff by the given two
theories................................................................................................................... 4
Answer 2: In order to empower the employees Outback Steakhouse do the
following things:...................................................................................................... 4
Ways in which staff can be motivated by empowerment.....................................5
Answer 3: the ways to communicate are...............................................................5
Task 3......................................................................................................................... 6
About the Team:...................................................................................................... 6
Team characteristics:.............................................................................................. 6
Team norms:........................................................................................................... 6
Behavior of each role:............................................................................................. 6
Conflict solving technique:...................................................................................... 7
Team development strategy:.................................................................................. 7
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................. 8

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Task 1
About Bradford Banducci (CEO WOOLWORTHS)
He is the chief executor and director of the Woolworths group, initially he was hired
as a CEO in February 2016 (Starr, 2016). Before Woolworth brad was a part of a lot
of liquor departments between the years the years 2012- 2015. Woolworths is one
of the biggest organizations in Australia which supplies food item inside and outside
the nation. The firm has a good market position apart from having just a few cases
in which it saw some losses.
Leadership trait that of Bradford Banducci for Woolworths
Transformational theory: this theory is a form of leadership which focuses on the
connection between the followers and the leaders and then the target market of the
company is set (Starr, 2018). In this transformational theory the leaders is the one
who sets the rules and gives orders to the employees. In this leadership style the
leader decides weather to reward or punish the employees or the followers.
Transformational leadership is a form of leadership that focuses on change in an
organization and it ensures that the organization reaches the set goals and
objective of the organization. The leaders in these leadership styles inspire the
employees and the followers to follow a route in order to achieve a vision se for the
company (Nielsen, Boyed, Holton, Jacobsen and Andersen, 2019).
Relevance of transformational theory
 It focuses on enhancement of positive chances for people in order to show
new thoughts
 Transformational leaders are someone who are positive and confident can
change the way people think and believe
 Transformational leaders are someone who is loyal to their work and they like
and dream to achieve the objectives and goals of the organizations on time.
 Transformational leadership style is used in situations where changed in
the environment of the organizations are noticed and the employees are in
need of skills for the job in the organization
Bradford Banducci the CEO of Woolworths group used the transformational style of
leadership in the organization. He handled the changed of the organization in a
good manner. He managed everything perfectly stretching from the suppliers of the
products to the company and the receivers of the company. Under the leadership of
Bradford Banducci the operations management of the firm were under control and
had a positive control in the organization. After his joining during the first report of
Woolworths, he recognized that the firm had issues with coordination and
management and with the help of Bradford leadership the firm was able to develop
strategy to overcome this issue