International Leadership and Entrepreneurship: Carlos Ghosn Case Study

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of Carlos Ghosn's leadership, focusing on his role as CEO of Renault and Nissan. It identifies and evaluates his specific leadership skills, traits, behaviors, and characteristics, including his charismatic and innovative style, and the corporate and nationhood culture that contributed to his success. The report also examines the factors that led to Ghosn's downfall, including changes in his behavior, and their impact on the company and team dynamics. Furthermore, the report evaluates the lessons that entrepreneurs and SMEs can learn from Ghosn's leadership, both from his successes and failures, particularly in developing growth on an international level. The report concludes with recommendations on how to prevent similar leadership failures in SMEs, emphasizing the importance of communication, corporate culture, and adaptability.

International Leadership and
entrepreneurship.

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS........................................................................................................3
PART ONE......................................................................................................................................3
Identification and critical evaluation of specific leadership skills, traits, behaviours and
characteristics displayed by international leader Carlos Ghosn..................................................3
Charismatic, innovative style, corporate culture and nationhood culture that played in Carlos
Ghosn success..............................................................................................................................4
Presenting the failure of leader Carlos Ghosn due to its change in behaviour and their impact
of company & team......................................................................................................................5
PART TWO.....................................................................................................................................5
Critically evaluating what lessons an entrepreneur of SME could learn from the leadership,
traits and characteristics used by Carlos Ghosn to develop growth...........................................5
What lessons can be learned from the particular leader's success and subsequent changes in
behaviour which led to his downfall............................................................................................6
Identifying key behavioural traits that an entrepreneur will need to develop as the business
expand and grow on the international level.................................................................................6
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION...............................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Leader determines success of the company. Good leaders are reason behind increasing revenues
of the company. The leaders should haver certain qualification that will help it to grow in market.
The leadership style and different traits determines the environment of the company. This is
interlinked. This report will be addressing leadership importance in the context of CEO of
Renault and Nissan.
INTRODUCTION
Strong and dynamic leadership plays vital role in creation and development of a
sustainable business enterprises. The culture of the company helps the company to either build a
unique strategy or vanish the whole business strategy and reputation as these are interlinked with
each other (Farrell, 2017). The present report will cover the leadership skills, traits, behaviours
and characteristics displayed by the international leader Carlos Ghosn. Carlos Ghosn is a
businessman and CEO of Renault and Nissan and their leadership skills has made him a highly
successful international corporate leader in Japan and France. Further, the report will also
evaluate innovative style, corporate culture and nationhood culture that play in Carlos success as
well as will outline the part that played fall of Carlos leadership in Grace. Lastly, the report will
have recommended the ways to prevent those failures in the small and medium size enterprises
(SMEs).
ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
PART ONE
Identification and critical evaluation of specific leadership skills, traits, behaviours and
characteristics displayed by international leader Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn is a CEO of Nissan and Renault and has achieved great position in the
international managerial and leadership field. The different leadership skills, traits, behaviour
and characteristics that international leader Carlos Ghosn has adopted in order to become
international corporate leader in Japan and France (Horishna, and et.al., 2019).
Importance of Leadership skills:

 Productivity : Global leader has the skill of excellent communication skill with the help
of which they have make their business successful.
 Strategic thinking: the strategic thinking helps to make best plans that act as a way in
order to achieve the goals that are been set up.
 Conflict resolution: It is duty of leader that he makes sure that there are no confusion and
conflicts between employees which can lead to less productivity.
 Cultural enhancement- Good leaders build best culture environment for the employees
working in the organization as culturally sound place brings new ideas.
These were some characteristics that one leader should inculcate to make sure that company
reaches higher level of success. Successful leaders has certain traits according to the theory of
trait and that are as follows-
 Excellent communication skills
 Leader with vision
 Team work
 Delegation
 Accountability
 Talent management.
 Resilience and perseverance
Charismatic, innovative style, corporate culture and nationhood culture that played in Carlos
Ghosn success
The character if Carlos Ghosn has been pure example of Trait theory of leadership as all
the skills related to the trait theory has been included in his personality that has been reason
behind the enhancement of corporate culture in Nissan. The meaning of trait theory is that there
are some leaders which are inborn with the qualities of an leader. Carlos Ghosn is one such
leader which has all the leadership qualities such as the personality factor, physical factor and the
intelligence factor. The purpose of this theory is to lead organization in such a way that it
increases performance of the organization. Further. Innovative style of Carlos is another result of
the corporate culture that Nissan has now (Wee, Scheepers, and Tian 2022).
Company leader has always focused on the model of democratic leadership style which
refer to involvement of all the subordinates while taking any decision for the growth and success

of business. This style has been perfectly included into the surrounding of company to initiate
positive contribution from all the members working for the company.
Presenting the failure of leader Carlos Ghosn due to its change in behaviour and their impact of
company & team
The most important reason behind the fall of company is the transformation of
collaborative and team working person to the autocratic personality. After becoming CEO Ghosn
started imposing his opinion on every body rather than listening to criticism and working on it.
He is less patient now and patience is the most critical characteristics that one leader should have
in him. Core of leadership is to be morally valuable to the work that one is been doing but with
the factors of external behaviours and personality of Ghosn has totally unbalanced the positive
culture of the organization (Aslam, 2018). The next important thing is that Nissan is no more
focused about the transparent communication to build strong relationship between leaders and
the followers. The aim of leader can not be always related with money instead accepting and
contributing to other factors is equally important and that ha been totally avoided.
PART TWO
Critically evaluating what lessons an entrepreneur of SME could learn from the leadership, traits
and characteristics used by Carlos Ghosn to develop growth.
Small and medium enterprises are those enterprises that runs on a small scale with few
employees and a very small capital. It is very important that the leaders of the organization
should have certain characteristics which are needed to ensure success. The Carlos Ghosn has
lacked in some most important characteristics which did become the most important reason for
the failure of the business (Holmberg, Larsson and Bäckström, 2016). The lessons that
entrepreneur should learn are as follows-
 To build high and transparent channel of communication that helps to link and associate
with each other.
 To spread positivity in the work culture that will induce good corporate environment.
 The visionary leaders have power to change world and give company direction that help
company to earn more.
 Independent, trustworthy leadership boost productivity in the organization.

 Ability to listen other was the most important thing that was lacking in Ghosn that leaded
company to downfall.
 Committent and passion towards the success of the company.
 Confidence to meet goals of the company is another fundamental thing.
What lessons can be learned from the particular leader's success and subsequent changes in
behaviour which led to his downfall.
Good leaders are those leaders that do not change with the level of success. The
behaviour of employees should remain same. The leader of Nissan was not interested in listening
what other are saying and its ultimate aim is to become autocratic leaders. Autocratic leaders are
those leaders that are not interested in opinions of other. They do what they prefer right instead
of thinking about the negative consequences that company can bear. The downfall of company
has been result of the lack of skills that take involvement of every other person and build a
collective environment that focuses on what other saying. Good corporate culture is never an
easy thing, it takes good motivation and good leader that boost the confidence of employees
when they are in low situation. The most important lesson is that the company should focus on
connecting with employees (Cotterill 2017).
Proper connection will make sure that they are part of this company, and then they will
work for the benefits of the company. Motivation is needed to achieve higher level of success
and boost productivity and this can be ensured by inculcating all important characteristics that is
need of corporate leaders.
Identifying key behavioural traits that an entrepreneur will need to develop as the business
expand and grow on the international level.
The Key behavioural traits that entrepreneur must develop in order to grow business in
the market are same as has been discussed above. With the increasing global business, this has
become important that all business organization has a leader that initiates good corporate culture
and a balance team that grow business on higher levels. The raising revenues of company are the
results of the good leaders (Pidgeon, 2017).
Good leaders are not born instead its just matter of practice which help a individual to
grow as leaders. The international level of business demands leaders that have long vision to

make company reach to higher level. Listening and communicating is the most basic trait that an
leader should have in him to engage their employees into the favour of the company. Long term
vision are easy to formulate but working on them by constantly making efforts towards the
process of motivation will bring efficiency in the organization. This has also become important
to develop business that grows all employees working with the growing company.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
From the report it can be concluded that it is most important that organization has an
culture which takes all subordinates in concern and focuses on overall development of the
company as well as the individuals. Without individuals company will not be able to achieve
aim. Though, the leader of Nissan wanted company to grow on higher levels, but his inability to
take criticism and work in favour for the company destroyed everything and leaded to the
downfall of the company (Schad and Smith, 2019). The qualities of leaders impact every other
organization and this is very important to make sure that there is right of freedom available to
every employee for innovations.

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