THE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

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Strategic Leadership
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Abstract
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the role of leadership strategy in enhancing the growth
of Ooredoo Maldives. This is a renowned telecom company in Maldives. The paper has attained
to distinguish the role of team leader with the group leader. Further, it has highlighted the
important features of the efficient leader in order to sustain the company’s growth in the
competitive telecom business.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Meaning and importance of leadership...............................................................................4
1.2 Main approaches to the study of leadership........................................................................4
1.3 Role of leadership in strategic management........................................................................4
2.1 Compare the relationship between leaders of work groups and team leaders...................4
2.2 Distinguish between the influence of leadership on groups and teams.............................4
2.2 Distinguish between formal and informal groups...............................................................4
2.3 The characteristics of an effective work group and team...................................................4
3.1 The nature of organization effectiveness and performance................................................4
3.2 Main features and requirements of leadership development..............................................4
3.3 Criteria for organisations strategic effectiveness from a leadership perspective...............4
4.1 Explore the exercise of leadership power and influence.....................................................4
4.2 Importance of ethics, values and corporate social responsibilities to an organization.....4
4.3 Evaluate leadership and sustainability concepts and trends...............................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
Reference List..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
On the facing of growing socio-economic complexities, corporate sector needs a strong
leadership strategy. Leadership strategy gets developed on the account of sustainability,
productivity and employability of the company. Employees are the integral part of an
organization. Therefore, the continuous development of the human resource must be assured
with the help of proper guidance of the leaders. In this case, an efficient leader does not take
advantages of situation while making decision. The leader is always aimed at adopting best
suitable approach for the organizational culture along with its structure. In addition to that,
maturity level of the leader is another important factor while developing strategy for the
organizational development. The optimum utilization of the commodity results in the betterment
of the cost-effective approach of the resources of the organization.
The concerned organization of this paper is Ooredoo Maldives. This technological
company is committed for developing technically advanced goods and services. The company
has been considered as the helm for the digital revolution happened in Maldives. Since 2005, the
company has been operating its telecom business in the Maldives. Ooredoo was the first
company which launched 3G and 4G networks in the country. Looking forward, the company
has been planning to launch eSIM services as well as WiFi calling services for the Maldives
telecom industry. Dhiraagu is the sole contender for Ooredoo Maldives (Crescent and Sobir
2019).

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Discussion
1.1 Meaning and importance of leadership
Leadership refers to the process of influencing the people towards attaining the goals of
an organization. The core objective of the leadership is to motivate the followers by the means of
maintaining a strong relationship with the members of the organization. Leadership is comprised
of qualitative approaches which strive enthusiastically in order to attain the group objectives. It is
an activity which directly coordinates with the members of the organization (Kotur and
Anbazhagan 2014). The effectiveness of the leadership depends on the character of the
individual leader. A leader provides necessary information and resources related to the
organizational goal. In this regard, some important aspects of the leadership activity are
explained as follows.
Influential impacts on the people: The people get influenced to contribute positive factors to
achieve the organizational goal (Hilliard 2015). This will encourage them to intensify their
efforts to the growth of the organization.
Controlling Conflicts: One of the main objectives of the leader is to control the conflict and
eradicate the negative sides. It has been observed that non-existence of conflict amplifies the
employability of the organization.
Coordinating the people: A good leader is always aimed at maintaining a personal relationship
with his members. In addition to that, it provides support and assistance as to ensure the healthy
work environment within the organization.
Training provider: The success of an organization depends on the skill of its members.
Therefore, it is vital to emphasize on their skill enhancement program (Khan et al. 2015). The

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skilled work force not only improves the production capability also assures the sustainability of
the production process.
Introduction to changes: A leader encourages the people to persuade the changes as per the
needs of the situation. The changes need to be accepted whenever these are required for the
development of the organization. In this context, the leader must play a strong character to
motivate the followers to accept the changes.
1.2 Main approaches to the study of leadership
There are five different approaches discussed in this section. These five approaches
include the trait approach, functional approach, situational approach, relational approach and
transformational approach. All these five approaches are different in terms of objectives and key
functional areas.
Trait approach: It is considered as one of the earliest approaches to the leadership theory. This
approach highlights the personal traits of the leaders. Personal traits denote the personality as
well as physical characteristics of the leaders (Honig and Rainey 2014). Perspective of individual
leader is the core parameter for this approach. According to this theory, the effectiveness of a
leader depends on his self-confidence, determination, integrity and intelligence.
Functional approach: This theory identifies the specific behavior of the leader. Owing to this
specific behavior, the organization can improve the efficiency of the production process by
partially or completely (Lawton and Páez 2015). In terms of this theory, the leader is the most
important parameter to meet the needs of the organization. The leader would be responsible to
determine the effective way which will fetch out optimum output of the organization.