The Leadership Style Of Yvon Chouinard
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LEADERSHIPExecutive SummaryAfter going through the report it has been highlighted that Mr Smith is a self-confidentperson and don't afraid of risks in the organization. This report highlights that the leaders aremade, not born. After that the report highlight that Mr. Smith use transformational leadershipnature and there are many skills which need to have in a leader. Further the report highlight thatYvon Chouinard leadership approach can be applied in today's scenario also and the financialsituation and the trust factor are some situation which need to look at a time of exhibiting YvonChouinard leadership approach. Study highlights the advantages and disadvantage of Yvon’sleadership approach.1
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1PART 1............................................................................................................................................11. From your understanding of Darwin Smith, in the case study, brief his qualities as a Leader.................................................................................................................................................12. Leaders are Born / Leaders are Made. Justify your understanding...................................23 Nature of leadership style exhibited by Darwin Smith?......................................................34. What are the types of skills that will be required of a person to be a leader,.....................35. Is it possible in today’s context to have leadership qualities possessed by Darwin E. Smith................................................................................................................................................4PART 2............................................................................................................................................51 Nature and Personality of Yvon Chouinard........................................................................52. It is possible to become a leader when confronted with situations? skills required of aperson to become a leader?.....................................................................................................63. Situations and factors that are to be taken into account, if one were to exhibit the leadershipquality exhibited by Yvon Chouinard?...................................................................................74. In today’s context, do you feel the leadership practices followed by Yvon can be applied?................................................................................................................................................75. What are the advantages and disadvantage of following Yvon’s leadership approach?....8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................102
INTRODUCTIONLeadership refers to the process of guiding, directing and influencing other people for accomplishing aim and objectives of the organization. Leader is the individual that performs the process of leadership. Effective leaders should possess the ability of risk-taking, integrity, courageous and clear focus etc (Para-González, Jiménez-Jiménez and Martínez-Lorente, 2018). The Report is based on two case studies. Case study one is related with paper company. Darwin E. Smith is the chief executive of the firm that has transformed the business into a leading consumer paper products company in the world. The company has been listed in Fortune 500 since year 1975. Another case study is about sustainability, surfing and leadership style at Patagonia. Sustainability can be defined as growth and development that meet out the needs of present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet out their own needs and demands. Yvon Chouinard who is a mountain climber started selling mountaineering equipments in California. Later, business is turned into Patagonia clothing firm in year 1973. The Report will outline qualities, skills, nature of leadership style adopted by Darwin Smith. It will also describe personality of Yvon Chouinard, whether it is possible to become leader in presence of different situations etc.PART 1 1.From your understanding of Darwin Smith, in the case study, brief his qualities as a Leader.Motivation: Mr Smith has shown a motivation quality in his leadership style as it is necessary for all the leader to understand what is the thing which motivates the employee in an organization. As motivation help the employee in building a bond with the organization. Mr Smith has also given success to the employee in the organization which has helped him in passing on the message to the employee that organization used to think about them. This message has helped the organization in keeping employee motivated in the organization and reducing the employee turnover rate of the organization (Amanchukwu, Stanley and Ololube, 2015).Risk Taker: As every leader has to take the risk to get a better result as doing usual thing will always give a usual result. Mr smith has also shown a quality that he is a risk taker at many stages such as at the time of investing 111 million dollar in the research and development of the organization in the year 1987 or at the time of selling the mill for investing the money in the 1
consumer product. This both decision has helped the business in getting the good success as by that the company is able to produce a good quality of the product which need to be offered to the consumer. As a result Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues product of the company is able to become the number one product in the market.Intelligence and Open minded: Mr smith has shown that he is intelligent enough to understand the situation and also open minded in the thinking which has helped him in getting the best outcome out of the situation. Such as Mr smith was fast enough to understand that the goal of thebusiness is not that good, so he has redefined and raised the corporate goal. He has also fast enough to understand that there is problem in tissue technology and facility and for the same he has introduced new technique and facility in the organization to develop a tissue in the organization (McCleskey, 2014).2. Leaders are Born / Leaders are Made. Justify your understanding “Leader are born / Leader are made” this is one of the most common discussion which generally arises at the time of discussing the personality of the great leader. After going through the personality of Mr. smith it has been found that the leaders are never born they are made by the situation and the experience which is seen by the leader in the process of growing up. The reasonbehind these is that any leader can not be successful by just adopting one style of the leadership which has been taught by the book, the leader has to respond to the situation which is in front of him. The case of Mr smith fully provide the evidence to the statement that the leader are not bornthey are made as at the time of Mr Smith appointment director has informed him that he lacked some of the qualification for the position but Smith is able to lead the team in the organization bybuilding the good trust factor among the employee of the organization and bringing the seance ofthe discipline in the organization. Building trust is not the skill which can be taught to the leader it is the one skill which used to come after leader start communicating with the subordinate or understand what is required by the subordinate or employee (Aritz and Walker, 2014). Another evidence of the statement is that Mr. Smith was self confident enough to go on with the decision which is taken by him. Whether the decision was to revamp the leadership group or to sell the mill of the company or to carry on with the Huggies company. Self confident is the skill which can not be taught to any leader it is the type of the skill which is build by the leader by the leader with the help of the experience.2
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