Leadership and Skills in Business

This presentation discusses the importance of leadership and skills in business, focusing on the role of leaders in managing employees and achieving goals. It explores the effectiveness of leadership skills and the importance of a good business manager. The slides also highlight the role played by Amazon leader Jeff Bezos and his leadership style, as well as the concept of transformational leadership and its advantages and disadvantages. References to relevant books and journals are provided.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................2
TASK 1 ......................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................7
Books & Journal:....................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
In organization, leaders play important role in development managing and maintaining
work as well as employees. In this competitive era, leaders are one who makes effective
decisions making process. Leaders are only able to perform when they use appropriate type
of leadership skills. In business, without leaders and managers, work cannot be carried out.
This presentation is based on leadership and skills which is used by leader to achieve the
results or goals. This slide gives a brief introduction about leaders and their importance in
firm. Also, it gives analysis of how leaders are responsible for managing employees & other
activities of businesses.

TASK 1
In organization, leaders play important role in development managing and
maintaining work as well as employees. In this competitive era, leaders are one who make
effective decisions making process. Leaders are only able to perform when they use
appropriate type of leadership skills. In business, without leaders and managers, work cannot
be carried out. This is based on leadership and skills which is used by leader to achieve the
results or goals. This slides presents the effectiveness of leadership skills & how they can
used by a leader to achieve goals & objectives. In this, Amazon leader Jeff Bezos has been
taken to understand concept of leader. Moreover, discussions have been made about good
manager who is responsible for managing everything in firm.

Effectiveness of leadership skills & importance of good business manager
An effective leadership refers to skill in which one is able to achieve goals, carry out
organization vision. When effective leadership is being adopted, it is easier to make

decisions in management in appropriate way. In context with Amazon, leader of firm use his
leadership style in such a way that everything is done with proper consideration (Sousa,
2019). Then a business manager is one who has responsibility of accountability, increasing
productivity, manages all work criteria.
The above explained slides states how a good manage increases productivity of
business. By having a good manager in firm, company is able to make decisions properly &
access new opportunities of doing business. Manager is being considered as base of firm who
perform multi-tasking operations.
A good business manager make ensure that all resources, strength is being used in
most efficient manner. Moreover, a good manager works with mutual coordination,
cooperation with aim of accomplishing objectives in correct way. Also, to become a manager
two way communication, accessing of information and focused in weak area is required. This
has been also when manager have deep impact on organisational development & overall
achievement of management. It is duty of HR to make ensure power is given to managers
who are able to work in efficient way. In this slide, it gives a brief explanation of a good
manager how they have impact on operations of company at deeper level. Moreover, it

reflects the how firm can create good manager within a company. Therefore, discussions,
have been made about how manager can improve the overall working efficiency of a
company.

Role played by Amazon leader
This slides specifies role of a leader of Amazon, who play different roles according to
his point of view. It shows that role of leader is wider & broader which is applied by him in
most efficient manner. Thus, it is essential to be aware about these roles so that objectives are
achieved.

The presented slides depicts how leader assist employees in improving their
effectiveness within a firm. Also, it shows that leadership is required to be carried out with
proper considerations. Moreover, it says that when choosing of leadership correct analysis is
to be made.

Leadership style/ skills of Jeff Bezos
Then in this slides it reflects leadership style of Jeff Bezos, which is dynamic and
effectively used by him to accomplish goals of a respective firm. So, it is necessary for leader
to be aware about their leadership skills so that they are applied in most efficient way.

Transformational leadership
It has been stated that transformational leadership is being adopted by leader of
Amazon. Moreover, it is seen that this leadership skill is essential to be used so that it assist
in development of subordinates. It is a leadership style in which it encourages and motivate
personnel with aim to change & implement effective strategies for development of
organization (Matthews, 2018).

Advantages of transformational leadership style
This slide shows how adopted leadership style of leader will help them in improving
of efficiency. Also, it states several advantages of leadership style which is transformational.
By analysing these benefits, leadership style can be used properly.

It shows that create and manage change is one of most beneficial advantage of
leadership style & also it states that leaders are able to manage & create a new change in
organisation with this style.

Disadvantages
This slides reflects disadvantage of adopted leadership style as in which leaders can
develop negative outcomes. So, it is not important that leaders will gain positive outcomes
always. Therefore, it depends upon aspects of firm situations.

CONCLUSION
This slide shows a conclusion of a concept which is leader & leadership style. It
revise the concepts which have been explained in presentations briefly. Furthermore, it also
specifies manager & beneficial of transformational leadership style.

REFERENCES
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