Leadership Assignment

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Leadership Assignment
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Table of Contents
Part A: Best Leadership Case..........................................................................................................2
Part B: Great Leader........................................................................................................................4
Part C: Comparison and Analysis....................................................................................................6
References:......................................................................................................................................7

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Part A: Best Leadership Case
One day, when I was having one to one interaction with the team members, they told me
that they had a newer career goal. To my utter surprise they headed towards a different direction.
I discovered that the team wanted to become the product manager instead of playing a role in
business development. I was not only concerned but surprised at such a decision as the team was
good at the business development; they required the partnerships and revenue they developed for
the particular role and non availability of the product management work available.
The thing that motivated me to engage in the project has been the presence of the best
people whom the company did not want to lose. I tried to challenge myself and others by
embracing the passion and telling the team members that if they did not perform well in the
development work related to business then I would not help them in learning to become the
product manager. Having said this, I was worried that any kind of encouragement towards
product management would move them away from the critical work of business development. In
fact I aspired to achieve a smoother transition.
In doing so, I tried to build excitement and enthusiasm by putting across a clearer vision
and getting people on the board Blanchard (2018). I also tried to train people and maintain
consistency. I also tried to stay sharp through using methods like rotation of the roles of the
project leader, mutual accountability along with creation of an atmosphere where the team had a
newer leader and a newer challenge for coordination of the charges.
I tried to involve others, foster collaboration and build respect and trust through getting
the team involved in engaging conversation, brainstorming ideas and celebrating achievements
(Mishra & Mishra, 2013). I tried to build the capacity to excel by letting the team members do