Leadership at Sainsbury's: Concept, Style, and Reflection

Leadership at Sainsbury

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Organisational background..........................................................................................................3
Leadership concept and style.......................................................................................................3
Leadership style chosen by Sainsbury.........................................................................................4
Reflection on leadership style......................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
REFERNCES:..................................................................................................................................6
Books and Journals:.....................................................................................................................6
Appendix......................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Leadership the ability of an individual to influence others and motivate live with human
rights. In context of an organisation the main role of leaders is to check whether the employees
are performing well or not for the benefit of organisational and even for them self (Daniëls,
Hondeghemand Dochy, 2019). The leaders mainly appointed in organisation to see that whether
the employees are getting full satisfaction or not according to their job. In case leaders found any
obstacle then they can work to remove the obstacles. Sainsbury is famous chain of supermarket
in UK which offer household products to their customers. It is headquartered in London, UK. It
is founded by John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury in the year 1869. The following report
covers organisational background, leadership and style of leadership, leadership style chosen by
Sainsbury, reflection of own leadership style and area for improvement and at the end it covers a
action plan for leadership.
Main Body
Organisational background
Sainsbury is an global company which is founded in 1869 by a married couple John
James and Mary Ann Sainsbury. They started a small shop in Drury Lane, London to sell fresh
foods. Later they started selling packed foods such as sugar and tea. They become large retailer
in 1922 by providing good quality of products in less prices. In the year 2018, Sainsbury divided
in three different businesses. First one is Sainsbury Supermarket Ltd which sell all household
items. Second is Sainsbury Banks which providing banking facilities to their customers and the
last is Sainsbury Argos.
Leadership concept and style
Leadership is a ability of a person or a group to influence others to follow their thoughts
and ideas because they ensure their followers that they are working for their benefits. The person
who perform good leadership activities and chosen representative of a crowd is called leader of
that group (Oc, 2018). Leaders are responsible to check that their group will not have any issue
in performing their tasks. Leaders are assign within an organisation to manage employees and to
understand how employees feel at workplace related to company and their task. Leaders are
responsible to handle all issues of employee's satisfaction and motivate them to work better.