Leadership and Competence in GFG Alliance: A Detailed Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of GFG Alliance's leadership strategies, objectives, values, and organizational culture. It examines how the leadership team builds confidence and trust, promotes ethical behavior, and supports improvement in the workplace. The report also explores how the leadership team stays informed about new technologies and the changing global environment. Furthermore, it identifies the participative leadership style within the GFG organization and the impact of legislation on leadership practices, including the adoption of GREENSTEEL and GREENALUMINIUM strategies for sustainability. The report concludes by discussing the importance of maintaining personal and professional competence in leadership roles, emphasizing ethical leadership, effective communication, and continuous professional development through activities like business management, supervision, and training.

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Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
GFG alliance objectives, values, and culture.........................................................................................2
How leadership team builds confidence, trust and promote ethical behaviour......................................2
How leadership team support and encourage improvement at workplace: promote participation in
decision-making....................................................................................................................................3
How does the leadership team keep abreast of new technology and the changing global environment?
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Leadership style founded within the GFG organization.........................................................................4
Impact of legislation in providing leadership.........................................................................................4
B. Maintaining your personal and professional competence..................................................................4
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
GFG alliance is an international business that is founded by the British Gupta Family. In this,
the business model consists of energy generation, mining, engineering, and metals by using
the industry friendly services. This foundation supports the entire program across the globe.
Leadership approach is also taken effectively that has been described in the report further.
GFG alliance objectives, values, and culture
GFG foundation main objective is to address the growing skill gap in the industry.
Therefore, by using participative leadership approach, it enables the experienced workers and
young people to reach their capabilities as well as potential easily. In order to achieve this
objective, it also inspires the young people with the help of structured work experienced for
seeking their careers in engineering. The leadership team also provides the training to mature
its workers for up skill as per the modern industry. It has also aim of improving the prospects
of 5000 people over a period of three year. In order to achieve these objectives, leader is
effectively utilising its skills and capabilities. GfG foundation is tied to several values. The
value is to embracing all its members as well as stakeholders of its extended family. It will
also operate the business in performing over time and building the legacy for future. The
leader of GFG has stated that all these values are lensed through which it look at all aspects
of business. By using its effective leadership skills, the CEO of GFG (Sanjeev Gupta) is able
to guide its team members in effective and correct way (GFG alliance, 2013).
GFG alliance has the culture of entrepreneur that built around the values of
sustainability, family, and change. The leadership team of company is committed to
uncompromising level of strong customer centricity, safety as well as diversity. All the staff
members of GFG experienced the dynamic culture, a fast-paced experience where each one is
challenged to make their contribution count (Western, 2019).
How leadership team builds confidence, trust and promote ethical behaviour
For building trust and confidence among team members, it is essential to show certain
quality of a leader. The first thing that is required in a leader to build trust is leading by
example. Leader of GFG is also managing to lead its team members through example. It also
sets an example for the each member to work properly and in effective manner. In this way,

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positive follow through by GFG leader helps it in building the trust of its member quickly.
Open communication is also one such way to build the trust with team members. In GFG
alliance also, leadership team effectively communicate with each other to know the
expectations and problems of each one of the members. Through this, employees also think
that company is also interested in their wellbeing (Hargie, 2016). In GFG alliance, leaders
celebrate the win of its team members that helps the leader in gaining confidence of team
members. By educating its staff member and providing needed training to team members, it is
able to promote the ethical behaviour (GFG alliance, 2014).
How leadership team support and encourage improvement at workplace: promote
participation in decision-making
It is true that seeking improvement in the workplace and culture is essential. By
taking regular feedback on behalf of team members helps in getting necessary changes at the
workplace. GFG also encourages the employees to provide their feedback regarding any
changes or improvement that they want. By conducting employee survey occasionally, it
seeks to discover the workplace issues, concerns and some success stories. It also holds the
regular meeting, and shares the happening within the organization. It helps the team members
to understand the main goals that they have to drive toward. It is also founded that Sanjeev
Gupta has followed the participative leadership style in order to encourage the team embers
to participate in decision-making. GFG alliance also describes itself as agile, lean, and
flexible. In this way, it is clear that the leadership team of GFG embraces the flexible
working environment at the organization. It simply follows the two way process in order to
keep the environment interactive (GFG alliance, 2018). The adoption of participative
leadership approach in the organization also promotes decision-making skills among the team
members.
How does the leadership team keep abreast of new technology and the changing global
environment?
In recent time, there are several technological as well as global changes occur
suddenly. Due these changes, leaders are required to keep them well-informed with new
technology. By keeping this in mind, the leadership team of GFG make sure that its team
member properly understands the changes that they are facing. Clarity of issues assists the
team members to break down their risk factor. It also helps in identifying the way toward

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their real issues that they are facing due to any technological changes. It also assists the team
members through providing training for such changes (GFG alliance, 2019). It believes that
any changes in technology also change the working pattern in the organization that requires
the employees to become familiar with those changes.
Leadership style founded within the GFG organization
In GFG organization, participative leadership style is founded. By using this
leadership style, leaders provide the better guidance to group members. Similarly, in GFG
alliance, leader offers the guidance to its group member. It also enables the member to
participate in group and allow them to participate in the decision-making. According to me
also, democratic leadership style is effective in the organization. Employees also get
motivated when leaders not only encourage their group members but also help them to retain
in the decision-making process. Using such approach, employees also work hard and thus
improve their productivity. This also makes the members to feel like they are also essential
part of the organization that fosters their commitment to the objectives (Iqbal, Anwar &
Haider, 2015).
Impact of legislation in providing leadership
It is true that there are several laws that are required to followed while following
leadership. Therefore, breaking of laws can lead to penalty as well as legal matter. It can also
ruin the reputation as well as value of the Company. It is founded that GHF alliance is said to
be the leader of sustainable industry. Through the adoption of GREENSTEEL and
GREENALUMINIUM strategies, it works according to the rules and regulations. By using
GREENSTEEL, it aims to up cycle as well as recycle the emergent mountain of scrap steel
by using electric arc furnaces by renewable energy. As compare this, GREENSTEEL also
provides customer focused solution as well as flexibility and by reducing carbon footprint of
the manufacture, upgrading skills as well as stimulation the new technologies. GFG is
pursuing this in Australia and UK and developing the plans in order to implement the strategy
worldwide. The leadership team of GFG alliance also integrate as well as innovate in order to
deliver value throughout the whole process. It uses eco-friendly practices in order to comply
with the laws made by the government (MetaBulletin, 2015).

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B. Maintaining your personal and professional competence
I personally use ethical leadership in order to promote integrity. I have ability for
promoting the integrity among the group members. I always work as role model for all the
other members. I also communicate in proper manner whenever I have to discuss anything
with all the team members. Each conversation with my team members I took place in a
positive manner. Developing my own leadership style helps me in using each style
appropriately. I always admire Participative leadership approach at the time of conflict
between the team members (Lam, Huang & Chan, 2015). This style helps me to find out the
correct way for success. It also helps in avoiding the conflict that team members are facing.
As a leader, it helps me in effectively dealing with my team members. It also helps my
leadership skills by taking participation of all the team members.
As a leader, the three professional activities that I will focus on are business
management activities, supervisory activity as well as training activities. It is true that
business management activity will help me in managing my private practice effectively as
well as efficiently. Besides this, the supervisory activities will also help me in my
management position. Whenever moving to the leadership position, it will effectively work
out to lead others (van Driel, Deckx, Cooke, Pirotta, Gill & Winzenberg, 2017). At the time
of assuring effective leadership position, I have to lead the team members properly. This will
lead also lead to better management practices in the organization. In addition to this, seminars
or workshop will also help me in a better way. Through this, I can easily develop my skills of
communication that is essential for any of the position in organization (Lambert, 2019).
Seminars as well as attending workshops will also enhance my knowledge in varied areas.
This will be quite helpful during leading the team members. In this way, all these activities
will prove to be helpful at the time of leadership.
Conclusion
In the limelight of above discussion, it can be concluded that GFG alliance is growing
effectively all over the world. It effectively utilising the services by complying with all the
measures. In addition to this, participative leadership approach helps it in a better manner to
grow further.

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