Transformational Leadership and Change

TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CHALLENGES...............................................................................................................................3
Conflicts at workplace –..............................................................................................................3
Changes in business strategies and policies.................................................................................4
Matching up with competition.....................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Transformational leadership is leadership theory where leader of company works with teams to
identify various changes that are highly needed, where it creates vision to respond to change
through inspiration. Sainsbury is second largest chain of supermarket in UK providing wide
range of products such as electrical, food and other. Present report will brief on various
challenges of company in context to its divers nature.
MAIN BODY
There are many challenges faced by Sainsbury in context to its diverse nature where it accounts
to changes in its management, leadership and organisation as a whole. Some of which are
described in brief above
CHALLENGES
Conflicts at workplace –
It states that conflicts at Sainsbury often takes place as a result of not matching up with the view-
points of different parties of business operations such as employees-employees, employees-
customers, employees- employers and various others. Conflict in company is uncertain to when
it can happens, so it is required on part of leadership and management of Sainsbury to
continuously and closely monitor and evaluate the same to encounter to efficient functioning of
company where disagreement between parties to conflict is resolved in efficient manner (Gupta,
Kulkarni, Khatri, 2018).
Leader and manager at Sainsbury in case of conflict resolution needs to ensures that they possess
sufficient knowledge and skill to handle the situation and to reach at a decision which is
beneficial for both the parties to conflict. This can be done be leaders in following some of steps
as mentioned below-
Clarifying what disagreement is which states that getting to hear heart of conflict. It
ensures what needs are not being made on both side of parties and to ensure mutual
understanding. It is required on part of leaders or managers to get as much information as
possible
Establishing common goals for both the parties to conflict where leaders and managers
focuses on establishing trust between parties to achieve and accomplish common goals
(McDonald, Shon, Kulkarni, 2016)