Leadership and Management Report: Boutique Build Australia's Strategy

This report provides an overview of leadership and management practices at Boutique Build Australia, a residential construction company. It begins with an introduction to the company, highlighting its specialization in architectural designs and its commitment to quality and professionalism. The report then delves into the concept of leadership behavior, emphasizing its importance in understanding social-emotional reactions and building effective teams. It explores the significance of leadership behaviors for Boutique Build Australia, focusing on the development of objectives, employee compassion, and recognition. Furthermore, the report categorizes different types of leadership behaviors, including authoritarian, participative, and delegative styles. A leadership development plan table is included, detailing goals, activities, support needed, and success measurement for leadership skill improvement. The assignment also addresses the need for an organization development plan, including strategic plans, contributing factors, and context analysis. It outlines key development areas, goals, actions, and performance indicators. Finally, the report includes a staff survey and an email to the CEO summarizing the organization development activities.

LEADERSHIP
AND
MANAGEMENT

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF
BOUTIQUE BUILD AUSTRALIA
 Boutique Build Australia is a residential
construction company that specialises in
architectural designs
 The company was started in 2006 under
Nick Sharpe
 Boutique Build have a reliable network
of dedicated contractors
 It adds value to quality as well as
professionalism

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP
BEHAVIOUR
 Leadership behaviours are grounded to
understand the social-emotional
reactions of the people
 Leaders can build an effective team
around them
 It is an ability by which leaders can
recognise developmental requirement
 It sets up goals and motivates team to
achieve it

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADOPT
FOR BOUTIQUE BUILD AUSTRALIA
 For Boutique Build leadership behaviour
is important to develop an objective
 It is necessary that the leaders remain
compassion on the employees
 Genuine interest need to be shown to
the team members
 Managers of teams can provide
recognition for effort

WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES
OF LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR?
 Authoritarian leadership: In which
leaders take decisions by themselves
without consulting the employees
 Participative leadership: In which
leaders and employees conduct meeting
to take decisions
 Delegative leadership: In which
leaders delegate tasks and decision
making ability to the employees

LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PLAN TABLE
Leadership area Goal Activity Support needed How to measure success Timeline
Leading with care Capability lead Leadership skills
training programme
HR/External trainers Improvement in
leadership skills
One year
Identifying employee
requirements
Motivating
employees
Application of
motivational
theories
HR/team leaders Rate of decrease in
employee turnover and
increase in number of
employees
Two years

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