Leadership Skills of Sarina Russo: A Transformational and Democratic Approach

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Introduction
The primary purpose of this task is to outline the significance of the leadership. Sarina Russo is
one of the unique and popular leaders who is the chief founder of the Sarnia Russo group. Here
is the discussion about the leadership style that is exercised by the leader. The paper explains that
how Sarina Russio is performing roles and responsibilities for attaining success and growth in
the large extent. Along with this, the key challenges and issues that faced by the leader while
initialing the business actions and operations have been discussed in the task. The biography,
roles and background of Sarina Russo have been explained in the task. More detail of the paper
has been discussed below.
Background of leader
Sarina Russo is a founder of the Sarina Russo group who was born in 23rd June 1951 in
Castiglione di Siclila, Italy. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Sarina Russo was a legal
secretary. She opened “The office” business academy in 1979 with approx $2,600 nine student
and two part time staff. Now Sarina leads the Sarina Russo group. The Sarina group employs
apprx 1000 people and has an annual turnover appox $100 million. It has been found that Sarina
Russon group is invented of: Sarina Russo recruitment, Sarina Russo Job access Australia &
great Britain, Sarina Russo Apprenticeship. Sarina Russo believes that everyone can achieve
success and growth by setting long term goals and objectives in life. She has established the
Sarina Russo group to provide support to employees who are searching job in the global market.
She is known as a financial contributor for the different parties in Australia before being the
director and chief fonder of the billionaire corporation (Clarke, 2013). There are ample of Sarina
Russo institutes and schools that are providing education to the student in all over the world. By
establishing Sarina Russo group, Sarina Russo has been able to provide employment to the job
seekers and employees in the country. Her father, Antonino was a farmer who grew grapes and
hazelnuts. He married Maria. Antonino moved from the village in 1952 for Australia and a
brighter future for his family. Sarina Russo lived of a hard work and no frills. In today’s era,
Sarina Russo is providing full contribution in Sarina Russo Group by monitoring on the training,
learning and education. The group renders various types of knowledge, experiences and
education to the people. It has been stated that Sarina Russo was advisor by her father. She is
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considered one of the famous and wonderful leaders in training, employment and education
(Sarinarussorecuritment, 2018).
Description of the leadership approach
It has been found that leadership exercised by Sarina Russo was of the transformational nature as
well as democratic. In democratic leadership style, there is an open and unique disclosure
between laborforces and they follow the unique policies while working. During her leadership,
various actions have been taken by Sarina Russo. One of the significant actions she had taken
was that she started a stress reducing program whereby the manager delegate power and
authorities, initiatiate the cooperation and collaboration and creates an interaction program and
seminars through which the employees can participate in decision making process (Yang, Huang
and Wu, 2011). This is done by Sarina because she wanted best quality of work. It helped the
employees to perform tasks and duties effectively and efficiently. It has been found that
democratic leadership style provides ample of creative ideas, thoughts and opinion for getting
success and growth in the life. Another action that taken by Sarina was two way communication
system in the organization. She found that employees feel unhappy and dissatisfy without proper
communication. Two way communication system helps the employees to maintain reciprocal
relationship with employers within the organization (Giltinane, 2013). Two way communication
system was used by Sarina Russo to reduce and eliminate the barriers and obstacles of the
employees. It is noted that some of the circumstances in which democratic leadership style do
not fit then tensions and anxiety are raised at the workplace. By using this leadership style,
Sarina Russo was able to operate Sarina Russo job access around more than 200 sites. This result
was supported in providing job and growth opportunities to more than 1000 people. The
leadership style provides a real and unique path for the employees seeking to follow a right and
appropriate career in management and leadership around the world (Schyns and Schilling, 2013).
It has been analyzed that the framework of leadership in the organization is much wider however
in today’s era the democratic leadership style is usually more effective and unique (Vinkenburg
et al, 2011). By using this leadership style, the managers maintain dignity and superior emotional
intelligence. The employees are being encouraged and inspired by the shared mission and at the
same collaborated and cooperated to the group members. This leadership style helps in bringing
changes in the community and individuals life. The four pillars of Sarina Russo success include
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