The Challenge of Leadership Today

This article discusses the challenges of leadership in today's world and the changes required to adapt to complex and uncertain times. It provides recommendations to improve the quality of leadership.

The Challenge of Leadership today
Assessment 2
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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Challenges of leading the organisation in today's world..............................................................................2
Changes required in the leadership in complex and uncertain times............................................................4
Recommendations to improve the quality of leadership..............................................................................7
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8
References...................................................................................................................................................9
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Introduction
Leadership is the action that help to lead the people or the organisation in the most effective and
suitable way. The leadership help to lead the people and the organisation with the use of proper
viewpoints and the activities performed by the managers to get the work done within the firm by
their staff members (Ellis, & Kisling, 2017). The leadership within the business is considered to
set the management and the activation process for dealing. The primary purpose of the paper is
to analyse the challenge of leadership in the recent world. The paper also discusses the
challenges that the organisation face due to the leadership activity within the field. The paper
even discusses the various activities that maintain the activity of the firm to develop its value
within the field. The paper even discusses the changes within the firm to maintain its valuable
activity within the field. The paper also provides a suitable recommendation for the issue faced
by the leaders within the organisation. The paper also discusses the activity and the working
function of the firm to maintain its activity within the field for the development of the firm.
Challenges of leading the organisation in today's world
The world is developing and rapidly changing with the development of numerous technology
and effective operational activities. The life of today’s world is more demanding than ever, and
for that, the leaders and the managers have to work hard for dealing with the circumstances and
provide the most suitable operational function for the business (Hage, & Posner, 2015). In the
organisation, the leaders need to motivate both the men and the women then improve the
efficiency level within the workplace and also develop the value of the firm. In the recent world,
the organisation changes rapidly with the development process, and for that, it creates a huge
challenge for the leaders to agreement with the circumstances and provides the effective
understanding for maintaining the staff members within the firm. In the organisation, a leader has
to face various challenges to maintain the performance level of the firm and also to develop the
working function of the business (Cumberland, Herd, Alagaraja, & Kerrick, 2016). In various
activities, it can be effectively seen that the value of the firm is to maintain the activity and the
operational function to deal with most of the value within the field. It is highly necessary for the
leaders to plan and work that would help to develop the business activity within the market.
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One of the major challenges that the leaders face to lead the organisation is the lack of proper
vision to develop the business. It is the fact that vision is one of the vital factors for the leaders to
manage as well as execute the future activity of the firm (Verburg, 2019). This allows the
business to understand the most suitable activity that could be utilised for developing the value
of the firm and also to enhance the working function within the field. Vision in the leadership
trait is not about making the statement or the goal for the firm rather the leaders can see the
future of the business and lead the entire activity of the firm to achieve the organisational goal
(Abbasiyannejad, & Silong, 2016). This process became a huge challenge in the recent world
because people nowadays did not have the proper focus and the operational efficiency to perform
their activity within the field. It can be seen that the entire value of the firm is to deal with the
business process and the value of the business expansion within the market. In the recent world,
it is highly essential to have the proper vision and working function for trade with the
circumstances along with the business procedure effectively within the market.
Another most effective challenge within the business is to maintain the high staff turnover within
the organisation. The high staff turnover within the organisation shows that the people are
getting very impatient with their working activity and the organisational value that also with a
short period. In the world of job-hopping, it is highly challenging to retain the top talent within
the organisation for dealing with the situation and providing the valuable activity to the
organisation to maintain their activity within the firm (Babalola, Stouten, Euwema, & Ovadje,
2018). The organisations are failing to hold the employees and for that most of the organisations
have to face numerous amount of cost that eventually leads to the poor management team of the
firm. It can be seen that almost 33% of the annual employee salary is considered to replace the
loss faced by the firm due to the high rate of staff turnover within the organisation (Verburg,
2019). The organisation or even it can be depicted that the management is unable to teach the
team spirit to the staff members which lead to the high turnover rate within the workplace.
Another challenge that the organisation face within the modern world is to create innovative
teams. Innovation at the workplace is one of the most effective working function within the field
that allows the firm to hold the value of the firm most suitably and effectively (Chin,
Desormeaux, & Sawyer, 2016). The success of the business primarily depends on the innovative
activity performed within the field, and this could allow the business to maintain their activity
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and their value within the field. In a challenging time it can be seen that the use of creative and
the innovative idea is one of the best ways to develop the business value. It is essential for the
management and the organisation to encourage innovation among the team members to perform
their activity effectively within the field. Creation of the innovative team has the most effective
and the suitable value within the market that lead to the development of the process within the
most suitable value of the firm (Williams Jr, Brandon, Hayek, Haden, & Atinc, 2017). This is
quite challenging for the firm as they have to maintain the entire team and even form the team
spirit to develop their value and their understanding within the field.
Another challenge faced by the organisation within the recent world is the engagement of the
employees within the operational activity and various other activities of the firm. Encouraging
the employees to execute their action within the field and have the suitable engagement in the
workplace is a difficult task due to the cultural difference and even for the high rate of employee
turnover within the workplace (Semedo, Coelho, & Ribeiro, 2016). It is the fact that the engaged
people within the workplace are more productive as compared with the non-engaged people with
the organisation. In the recent world, it can be seen that more than 80 percent of the business is
seeking to have the suitable engagement of the staff members to develop their business value
within the field (Hoxha, 2015). In the organisation, it is extremely essential for the team
members and the management team to have to clear view regarding the operational function and
the behaviour that are being performed by the firm. In the recent world, the entire activity of the
staff members have a diverse working function, and that lead to workplace development and the
engagement value of the firm to maintain their activity.
Changes required in the leadership in complex and uncertain times
The leadership needs to be changed with time so that the organisation can develop their value
and their understanding with time. It is highly effectual for the firm to preserve their action and
their business process within the market. It is one of the most valuable working functions of the
leaders to maintain the workplace and provide them the suitable solution at the time of complex
situation and the uncertainties time (Khan, Khan, & Chaudhry, 2015). In most of the condition, it
could be seen that the entire activity of the leaders is to enhance the value and the business
process of the firm and for that, they can deal with the situation most effectively and suitably.
Various changes could be developed by the leaders to maintain the situation and provide the
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most valuable activity for the firm. With the help of the change management process within the
workplace the leaders can develop their view and their business process effectively within the
market (Hallinger, & Liu, 2016). In most of the situation, it can be seen that the value of the firm
is to deal with the operational activity of the staff members to enhance the value and the business
process effectively within the market.
The changes in the activities of leadership are highly essential for the business process and the
development of suitable activity within recent years in the workplace. It is highly essential for
the leaders to maintain their emotion while dealing with the organisation to enhance the
performance level of the firm (Vich, 2015). Seasoned leaders showed the leaders need to develop
their activity to develop the value of the business process and the activity of the emotional
activity for the self-control over the language and the working function within the organisation to
maintain the staff members within the field to develop the market. It is also essential for leaders
not to take things personally within the workplace. A leader has to deal with the numerous
situation, and they have to maintain their value and their activity within the firm and not to take
the entire activity in the most problematic way (Spicer, & Miller, 2016). It is the fact that the
business decision, as well as the circumstances within the workplace, does not always play the
logical activity and for that the leaders need to understand the effective way for developing their
value within the market.
One of the most effective processes that the leaders need to follow to maintain their value and
their managing process within the organisation is to keep the positive mentality for performing
the task. It is the fact that the employees always watch their leaders to perform their activity
within the workplace. It is highly essential for the leaders and the managers to maintain their
attitude and the mind positive while dealing with the complex situation within the workplace
(Mather, Cummings, & Gale, 2018). It is highly essential that during the difficult times the
leaders need to maintain the activity and manage the narrative that eventually keeps the
employees inspired as well as hopeful within the organisation. Leaders are the one who set the
tone and the workplace activity within the organisation, and for that, they need to change their
habit and their leadership style according to the situation to maintain the activity of the staff
members within the firm (Culpin, Millar, & Peters, 2015). The positive attitude of the leaders
helps them to analyse the situation and provide a valuable activity for the staff members so that
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they can develop their value and their business process within the market. It is also essential for
the people to develop their business value by staying focus within the workplace and also by
maintaining the activity of the firm most effectively and suitably.
Another most essential thing that the leaders need to follow within the workplace for maintaining
the critical situation is to remain fearless and maintain the situation. In this aspect, it can be seen
that the leaders with the fearless attitude can deal with the critical situation and also they have
the ability to maintain their working function and the activity of the firm to maintain their value
and their business process (McCann, Sparks, & Kohntopp, 2017). The confidence of the leaders
within the critical situation helps the staff members to stay motivated and inspired during the
working function. The entire activity of the leaders is to develop the business value and the
operational activity of the firm. It is highly essential for the leaders to maintain their activity and
the staff members for developing the business process most effectively and suitably (Carroll,
2016). In numerous situations, this can be seen that the entire activity of the firm is to develop
their value and their business activity for a better understanding of the process. For maintaining
the activity of the firm, it can be seen that the entire business process is to develop the value.
In the changing world, it is also essential for the managers and the leaders to respond decisively
within the firm for maintaining a better value within the business process. It can be effectively
seen that the value of the firm is maintained by the leaders to enhance the performance level of
the business (Kamenitz, 2018). It is highly essential for the business to understand their
requirement and their needs to maintain the activity of the firm and also to analyse the situation
most suitably and effectively. The entire activity of the firm is to develop the value and the
business process effectively within the market for dealing with the situation and maintaining the
value of the organisation (Sun, Gergen, Avila, & Green, 2016). Within the organisation, it is
highly essential for the leaders to understand the need for change and also the behaviour of the
staff members for dealing with the critical situation within the workplace. The leaders also need
to develop their accountability for maintaining the value of the business and to provide the most
effective working function within the field.
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Recommendations to improve the quality of leadership
The leaders or the manager of the firm needs to develop their leadership skill in the various ways
to maintain the business process and the staff member’s activity within the workplace. It is
highly recommended to the leaders that they need to take on more initiatives within the business
process to maintain the activity of the firm in the modern world. It is the fact that leaders are
becoming more attentive towards the business help the firm to overcome their limitation and
develop the business value most effectively and suitably (Schnurr, Chan, Loew, & Zayts, 2017).
The leaders need to adopt more responsibilities as well as more knowledge for maintaining the
activity of the firm and also to enhance the leadership skill and the operational activity of the
business. It is also suggested to the leaders that they need to enhance their communication skill
within the workplace. To be the good and the effective leader within the workplace one should
know the process of communicating with the staff members (Coxen, Van der Vaart, & Stander,
2016). The communication process in the recent world has been developed by the use of the
latest technologies so that the leaders can understand the issue and the development process of
the staff members within the firm.
It is also recommended to the leaders that they need to gain suitable knowledge regarding the
leadership style and the activity to maintain the business process. The leaders should know the
present day leadership style, and it is noteworthy as it will help the leaders to appreciate their
value and their business procedure effectively within the marketplace. The effective leadership
style allows the managers to overcome the limitation and provide the most effective value to the
firm (Payton, 2015). This is effectively helpful for the managers to monitor their skill and their
activity for dealing with the staff members within the business. It is also recommended to the
leaders that they need to develop the skill of critical thinking to perform their activity effectively
within the workplace. The process of critical thinking allows the leaders to understand the
situation and develop a suitable response that will effectively help the firm to maintain their
performance level within the market. The use of critical thinking within the workplace helps the
leaders to analyse any situation critically and provide the most suitable and effective solution. It
helps to deal with the staff turnover challenge faced by the organisation within the modern
world.
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It is also recommended to the leaders that they need to develop their listening skill within the
organisation for maintaining the activity and the staff members. Listening within the workplace
help the leaders to improve the working atmosphere and condition of the firm most effectively
and suitably. In the workplace listening also help the leaders to review the feedback and the
value of the firm in the most effective way so that the operational activity of the firm is
effectively developed (Kiser, 2015). The process of listening within the workplace allows the
leaders to understand the need of the staff members so that they can develop the value of the
firm. It is also recommended that leaders need to motivate their employees in every situation
within the workplace. For maintaining the workplace and the activity, it is highly essential for
the business to understand their value and their activity within the field. They are motivating the
staff members to help the leaders to get the best from the staffs which help the firm to enhance
their performance level within the market. The organisation by motivating the staff can easily
deal with the challenges like the employee engagement and the creation of innovative team
within the workplace.
Conclusion
The entire activity of leaders within the organisation has a vital and huge impact on the
performance level of the firm. It can be concluded from the paper that leadership in the recent
world is quite challenging as they have to maintain their activities with the changing world. The
paper also concludes that some of the huge challenges that are being faced by the leaders within
the modern world are to effectively communicate with the staff then to maintain the rate of staff
turnover within the workplace and even to create an innovative and suitable team for the
organisation. Numerous other challenges are being faced by the leaders to maintain their activity
within the workplace in recent years. It can also be concluded from the paper that the leaders
need to change their activity and their working function effectively according to the situation so
that they can maintain the activities of the staff member within the workplace. The paper even
concludes that the activity of the firm is to maintain the value and their business process
effectively within the market.
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