Key Themes of Leadership and Global Leadership Competencies

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Introduction:
The concept of leadership is observed to face considerable number of changes over
the years. With a precise focus on the increasing importance of the leadership in the
organizational context, it is evident that the modern organizations are facing the need of
managing their business operations in an efficient manner and the increasing level of
competition of the modern industry is becoming one of the main factors forcing the
organizations towards the incorporation of the scientific management. The urge of the
organizations in incorporating the scientific management is seen to increase the importance of
the leadership in the modern world of business. The paper is focused in the discussion of the
key themes of leadership and the global leadership competencies. The paper analyses the
literature regarding the leadership competencies that are important for the sustainable
business operations. Along with that, the paper presents considerable number of assumptions
related to leadership competencies of the employees.
Key Themes of Leadership:
The concept of leadership is seen to be linked with various sorts of responsibilities
and themes that are important for the effective management of the business operations inside
the organizations. Vohra (2014) highlighted one of the most important theme of the
leadership as managing the people. Vohra (2014) elaborated the fact that the leaders have the
responsibility of maximizing the productivity and the profitability of the organizations and
under such situation, it becomes important for the leaders of the organizations to make sure
that the employees of the organizations are managed well. As the productivity of the
organizations is directly linked with the employees and is dependent on the effective
management of the operational activities of the employees, the leaders are responsible make

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sure that the employees are continuously motivated for the achievement of the desired
improvement in the aspect of the quality and quantity.
On the other hand, Storey (2016) claimed that the establishment of an environment
that have the capability to contribute to the high performances becomes one of the major
responsibilities of the leaders of the modern organizations. The establishment of effective
communication across the various departments and employees of the organizations and the
proactive initiation of the team building activities from the part of the leaders of the
organizations have the potential to increase the involvement of the employees towards the
organizations. The increment in the involvement from the part of the employees has the
potential to enhance theefficiency and that is crucial in increasing the productivity for the
organizations. Hence the development of a hostile and participative environment with the
help of the employee engagement activities becomes a significantly important goal for the
leaders of the modern organizations.
Creativity and innovation are considered to be crucial aspects for the improvement of
the sustainability in the modern business world. Dunne et al. (2016) stated that the ever
increasing intensity of the business competition is playing a crucial role in decreasing the
market monopoly and under such situation, the customer retention becomes significantly
difficult for majority of the business organizations. This calls for the customization aspect as
differentiation and the product diversification not only have the capability to attract the
customers but also influences the purchase intention of the customers in an efficient manner.
Apart from this, Dunne et al. (2016) claimed that the companies are facing the need to make
sure that they achieve a higher amount of profit with the consumption of least possible
resources. Hence the management of the operational cost becomes much needed for the
leaders of the organizations. In order to make sure that the companies are limiting their
operational cost and increasing uniqueness of their products and services for attracting the