BMGT 364 Leadership Report: Executive Director Candidate Analysis

This report, prepared for BMGT 364, analyzes three candidates for the executive director position at PureLife Foods, a company expanding into the energy bar market. The report begins with an introduction outlining the company's needs and the purpose of the analysis. It then details the management and leadership skills, along with leadership styles, of each candidate: Beth Jordan, Sharron Tulles, and Jack Tillson. The analysis evaluates their experiences, qualifications, and proposed strategies. Following the candidate evaluations, the report recommends Beth Jordan as the most suitable candidate, citing her extensive experience and alignment with the company's requirements. The rationale behind the recommendation, as well as the reasons for not selecting the other candidates, are explicitly stated. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the importance of selecting the right executive director for PureLife Foods' successful expansion. The report is supported by references to relevant literature on organizational theory and leadership.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This report is providing the details of required executive director for an organization PureLife
Foods, which is normally engaged in produces and distributes organic vegetarian food
products to individual retailers. Now such company has decided to start producing and
distributing a line of all-natural energy bars with its existing contracted clients. For such
reason the company wants to appoint an executive director. This report is providing the
details of individual intended directors and analysis the best qualified director among others.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...................................................................................................................3
Management and Leadership Skills/Style:.....................................................................4
Candidate Recommendation:.........................................................................................6
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................7
References:.....................................................................................................................8

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Introduction:
An executive director is normally considered as the chief executive officer (CEO) or
the managing director of an organization or corporation. The primary role of an executive
director is to implement some organizational design, developed strategic plans for the
organization in a manner of time efficiency and cost efficiencies. An executive director is
responsible for each day’s operations in an organization. Such operations include the
performance of managing committees and other staffs as for the development of existing
business plans in collaboration with the board of such organization (Abbadi, Hijazi, & Al-
Rahahleh, 2016). In simple terms, the executive director is authorized with the overall
performance of an organization.
An executive director plays an essential role in leadership for an organization. Such
role is also conducted in motivating every employee regarding their performance. A working
director of an organization generally considers as a full-time employee, who is mainly
engaged in providing business decisions (Dienes & Velte, 2016). Such decisions are relating
to finance, managing, marketing, operations etc. which are influenced the overall
performance of an organization.
Pure Life Foods Pty Ltd is a company, which is mainly engaged in producing and
distributing organic vegetarian food products to such major retailers like; Giant and Safeway,
(those are mostly involved in the distribution of products among publics). Now the company
Pure Life Foods Pty Ltd has decided to commence producing and distributing a line of all-
natural energy bars with the present contracted clients. In case of commencing a new
initiatives, the organization is needed some valuable person who can efficiently perform his
duties towards the overall completion of organizational goals (Edelenbos & van Meerkerk,

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2016). One the key person for an organization is the executive director who operates the
overall business decisions and operations in case to achieve the overall organizational goals.
Management and Leadership Skills/Style:
In case of appointing a new executive director for the organization PureLife Foods,
the company is selecting three different eligible persons, who are compatible with the
relevant qualifications that are necessary for overall performance of an organization (Focke,
Maug & Niessen-Ruenzi, 2017). The individual skills and qualifications of each employee
are given below;
Beth Jordan: The first candidate applied for the post of an executive director.
Experiences:
 25 years of working knowledge in Star Lite Food Corporation, which is a mid-sized
vegetarian food company looking to expand to energy bars.
 2 years of experiences as the vice-president of operation in Star Lite Food
Corporation.
 10 years of working experiences as a Director of Regional in Maine, where he is
allowed with the duty for sourcing vegetables from the near regional firms.
 13 years of experiences during the engagement with production line at the Michigan
plant.
Provided suggestion: During the period of her interview, Beth concludes that the company
PureLife Foods need to consider getting into the energy bars industry with less focused
regarding the sustainability and also green initiatives, because it is quite difficult industry for
new business. She also provides a suggestion regarding the development of organizations’
product quality. According to Beth the organization is needed to focusing on making quality
products, which can be sourced from the local vendors. Along with such Beth also stated

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during the time interview that she has some experiences as an executive of this organization
including some successful track records.

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Sharron Tulles: The Second candidate applied for the post of an executive director.
Experiences:
 At Present she is holding the position of deputy executive director in west coast
division of PureLife Ltd.
 He holds a degree of Bachelor of Science, particularly in engineering that is relating
on chemical department from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from
UMGC.
 11 years of experiences as a production manager at the Arizona facility.
 One and a half year experiences as an intern in a non-profit organization. Such
organization is engaged in researching regarding the long-term effects of particular
products. Those products are normally relating to animal-based, which is imported
from Asia.
Provided suggestion: At the time of interview Sharron admitted that she does not have any
marketing idea regarding the issuance of a new product, however Sharron has some
managerial as well as some leadership qualities in case to provide proper guidance to a team.
She point out at the time of her interview that she has the capacity to perform for such
expected executive director’s position. This is not just because of her familiarities with
PureLife foods or company’s forecasted mission or vision along with such, her expected
desires to achieve and see the PureLife Foods’ become a leader in particular production along
with the continuous development and maintain the sustainability of such products (Hahn, &
Lasfer, 2016).

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Jack Tillson: The third candidate applied for the post of an executive director
Experiences:
 Present owner of Bigsby Frozen Foods Company.
 Working experience in the USA Air force as a logistics officer.
Provided suggestion: During the time of interview Jack Tillson, mainly focused on the
vegetarian frozen meals with over $300 million in annual sales. Jack Tillson also admitted
during the period of his interview that he has some experiences regarding the maintaining of
functional, financial and managerial aspects of the company in past few years. During those
times the Rico is provide proper guidance relating to the marketing aspects in case to
maintain the steady growth in first few years and to continue thereafter. However, he is
confidently believed that since he has been engaged in continuing the leading position of
Bigsby’s, that will provide him proper guidance in case of maintain the overall operational
growth. With the help of such guidance he is expecting that he could easily manage PureLife
Foods’ operations in case of a new venture. Jack feels confident he is the best candidate and
is a front runner for the position.
Candidate Recommendation:
After evaluating individual eligible candidates, who were applied for the post of an
Executive Director of Pure Life’s new energy bars, the company is required someone who
can manage this particular managerial division. The new executive director needs to be an
innovative person and also able to introduce some new ways to develop green and
sustainability products.
Based on the above requirement and also after the evaluation of individual intended
candidates, it can be recommended that Beth Jordan is the most eligible person in case of
considering the probable executive director. He has 25 years of experiences in the same field

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altogether, along with such comparing with the other candidates he had total 12 years of
experience in the particular field as per the organization’s requirement (Hirsh, 2019). It can
conclude that Beth Jordan is the perfect person as an executive officer as he has every quality
that needs to become an eligible director as per organizations requirement.
Conclusion:
It can be concluded from the above discussion that an executive director is the most
important person in case of conducting every small operations relating to managerial
department. Here the organization PureLife Foods is currently produces and distributes
organic vegetarian food products to individual retailers such as Giant and Safeway that in
turn are sold to the public. Now the company, PureLife has decided to start producing and
distributing a line of all-natural energy bars with its existing contracted clients. Beth Jordan is
the most eligible person as executive director comparing with other candidates, who are
applied for the same filed. He has such quality to provide effective managerial decisions
regarding the overall managerial decisions.

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