2THE VISIONARY LEADER: CASE STUDY
approach or perspective. He was not “the uninvolved” leader of the organization which is a threat
to any kind of business. An indifferent, uninvolved, disinterested and conventionally conditioned
as well as less enthusiastic leader would lead the organization to regression and not progression
(Schoemaker, Krupp & Howland, 2013). Conventionally guided and a restricted leader who is
uninvolved and unenthusiastic would make the ambience of the company stagnant and less
productive. The co-workers and employees of the company might not seem to be interested to
work under him/her and for the company anymore which in turn would harm the company up to
a certain extent and make the company less susceptible to change, making it vulnerable and old
fashioned in the global competitive business world which runs under spontaneity, innovation and
creativity (Northouse, 2014).
Therefore, it is recommended that Coleman should be given proper space and enough resources
so that he can begin his transformational project for the benefit of the company where he is also
including the employees and encouraging them into taking active and democratic participation in
the project, crushing the traditional undemocratic hierarchical positions, thereby, dismissing all
kinds of conventions and revisiting the organization once again for progression.
2. Discuss where and why you would place Coleman in the ‘Linking
Strategic Vision and Strategic Action Chart (Daft 2018:397)
I would place Coleman as “the dreamer” and “the doer” in the “Linking Strategic vision and
Strategic action chart” which would approximately fall under high vision and high action as far
as leadership is concerned. Coleman can be called “dreamer and an initiator” because apparently,
even though Coleman had poor vision and strategy that might have been too conventional or too
confusing for the employees, at least, he was the initiator as well as an inspirational figure for the
employees of the company. Throughout his tenure, according to the case study, with the

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