Leadership Strategies: Analyzing 'Enable Others to Act' Module

This essay delves into the significance of leadership in fostering organizational progress, emphasizing the role of "Enable Others to Act" within the framework of Exemplary Leadership. It explores how effective leadership facilitates change through employee involvement and collaboration between management and staff. The essay highlights the importance of trust, motivation, and understanding employee needs in driving organizational improvements. It examines real-world examples like Amazon and Apple Inc., illustrating how these companies leverage leadership models to enhance their structures and functions. The discussion covers how employee involvement in decision-making and organizational systems contributes to innovation and sustainability. The conclusion underscores the crucial role of collaborative functioning between management and employees in determining an organization's capabilities and market success. The essay references several academic sources to support its claims.

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Introduction
Leadership plays an important role while determining the progress of the organization
through its smooth functioning. The various activities that are undertaken by the leader help in
determining the success factors of the organization in the market. the motivation and the trust of
the leader helps in understanding the needs of the employees and thereby helps the organization
in bringing in the change in the structure and the functioning of the enterprise. The major aspects
of the change are based on the understanding of the style of leadership and the manner in which
it facilitates the functioning of the organization as per the needs of the improvements.
The purpose of this discussion that is undertaken will be helping in the determination of
the role of leadership in facilitating the “Enable Others to Act” as a part of the fourth activity that
undertaken by Exemplary Leadership. It helps in maintaining the collaboration of the
management and the employees in order to bring in the improvements in the functioning of the
organization in the market.
Discussion
The change in the structure and the functioning of the business is facilitated through the
involvement of the employees and the maintenance of the equilibrium between the management
of the organization and the employees. According to Harris et al. (2013), the effective leader not
only thinks of bringing in the change in the systems of the organization but also arranges for the
support of the employees in the organization to facilitate the change in the systems. The effective
leadership is based on the understanding of the different changes that is required to be
undertaken by the organization. Shekari and Nikooparvar (2012) stated that the different aspects
of the change in the structure and the functioning of the is facilitated through the support of the

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employees. On the other hand, the trustworthiness plays a major role in determining the change
in the functioning of the organization.
Figure 1: Exemplary Leadership model
(Source: Harris et al., 2013)
The Exemplary Leadership model focuses mainly on identifying the challenges and
thereby inspires and motivates the employees for undertaking the change in the structure and the
functioning of the organization. “Enable others to Act” has helped in determining the different
aspects of the change in the functioning of the organization through the collaborative action of
the management of the organization and the employees. For example, Amazon has taken steps to
bring in changes in the structure and the functioning through the collaborative action of the
management of the organization and the employees as per the needs of the organization in the
market (Sharma & Jain, 2013). The leadership model has helped in the understanding of the
different factors that has helped in determining the change in the structure and the functioning of
the organization in the market. On the other hand, the involvement of the employees helps in
determining the effectiveness of the change in the functioning of the organization.

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Thompson (2012) stated that the “Enable others to Act” model helps in bringing in the
involvement of the employees in the management. Apple inc. has taken steps in order to involve
the employees in order to bring in the technological change in the systems. The involvement of
the employees in the decision making and the systems of the organization has helped Apple in
bringing forth the innovations that has resulted to its sustainability in the international markets
(Dunn, Dastoor & Sims, 2012). The trust and the interdependence of the employees and the
management of the organization help in determining the different factors of the change that is
planned by the organizations for gaining the sustainability in the market (Kouzes, 2014).
The involvement of the workforce in the functioning and the decision making of the
organization helps in determining the change, which is aimed at enhancing the situation in the
market. The change that is planned by the organization is required to be accepted by the
employees, as they are the agents of the implementation of the change on the structure of the
organization. Their acceptance and involvement in the change of the organization helps the same
in bringing forth improvements in the market situation. The activities that are taken by the
employees has helped in determining the change in the functioning of the organization based on
the determination of the needs of the organization to bring in the transition.
Conclusion
Therefore, from the above discussion it can be stated that the understanding of the
capability of the organization is determined through the involvement and the collaborative
functioning of the employees. The collaborative functioning of the management and the
employees of the organization helps in determining the change in the structure and the
functioning of the same in the market.

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Harris, A., Day, C., Hopkins, D., Hadfield, M., Hargreaves, A., & Chapman, C. (2013). The
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Kouzes, J. M. (2014). The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership-Technology (Vol. 292). John
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Sharma, M. K., & Jain, S. (2013). Leadership management: Principles, models and
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Shekari, H., & Nikooparvar, M. Z. (2012). Promoting leadership effectiveness in organizations:
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